Feature: Please add plain text output functionality

[yevgenpapernyk]

Like .summary() but plain text instead of the .summary() html version.

E.g. as a new method or as an argument for the .summary() method.

That would be very useful for Natural Language Processing.

[buriy]

I highly recommend using html2text library on the .summary() output for that.

    converter = HTML2Text()
    converter.ignore_links = True
    converter.ignore_emphasis = True
    converter.body_width = 0
    text = converter.handle(html)
    return text

given that it's that easy and that different people need different rendering options, and the options might change over time and I would need to reflect them in the library interface, I'd like to leave it as is.
However, I might consider adding a simple version, for that you need just .text_content() in lxml.

[adbar]

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[yevgenpapernyk]

However, I might consider adding a simple version, for that you need just .text_content() in lxml.

So I'll leave the issue opened until you decide whether you want to add it, right?

[IdavalapatiRamanjaneyulu]

Is there a plan to support textContent like we have in JS module https://github.com/mozilla/readability#parse?

[buriy]

Yes if many people want an easy way to have text output, I'll add it.

[Seshu77]

Could you please support to get clear text content?