Files
edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/stringify.py
Victor Shnayder 41eca8a0a5 Move files into xmodule module per comment on #326
* move html_checker.py
* move stringify.py
* move tests into module
* remove duplicate progress.py
* fix module imports
2012-08-02 10:13:58 -04:00

21 lines
708 B
Python

from itertools import chain
from lxml import etree
def stringify_children(node):
'''
Return all contents of an xml tree, without the outside tags.
e.g. if node is parse of
"<html a="b" foo="bar">Hi <div>there <span>Bruce</span><b>!</b></div><html>"
should return
"Hi <div>there <span>Bruce</span><b>!</b></div>"
fixed from
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4624062/get-all-text-inside-a-tag-in-lxml
'''
parts = ([node.text] +
list(chain(*([etree.tostring(c), c.tail]
for c in node.getchildren())
)))
# filter removes possible Nones in texts and tails
return ''.join(filter(None, parts))