Convert HTML to text in Java

Question

I have a Java string like this:

String str = "<table><tr><td>ALL,</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td> Please find attached file for this week<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td>Thanks</td></tr><tr><td>Support Team</td></tr>";

I want output like this:

All,

Please find attached file for this week.

Thanks, Support Team

That's not going to be easy as the html is not well-formed. Unless you use regexes, which is not recommendable — g00se
– g00se, Commented Jun 22, 2023 at 9:55
you should provide more context to the question. Do you need to format the string with carriage return (\n)? Giving you are dealing with a <table> I think you are looking for a templating engine such as FreeMarker or Thymeleaf. — tonnoz
– tonnoz, Commented Jun 22, 2023 at 9:56
Does this answer your question? how to convert HTML text to plain text? — fantaghirocco
– fantaghirocco, Commented Jun 22, 2023 at 10:55
Does this answer your question? Remove HTML tags from a String — user8681
– user8681, Commented Jun 22, 2023 at 11:24

g00se · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-22 10:00:44Z

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You should really use a proper html parser, but if you want something quick and dirty and your html is well-formed you can use something from package javax.swing.text.html:

    public static String stripTags(String content) throws Exception {
        String result = null;
        HTMLEditorKit kit = new HTMLEditorKit();
        InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes());
        Document doc = new HTMLDocument();
        kit.read(in, doc, 0);
        result = doc.getText(0, doc.getLength());

        return result;
    }

answered Jun 22, 2023 at 10:00

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