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servo_fetch/
extract.rs

1//! Content extraction — converts raw HTML into readable Markdown or structured JSON.
2
3use std::borrow::Cow;
4use std::fmt::Write;
5
6use dom_query::Document;
7use dom_smoothie::Readability;
8use htmd::HtmlToMarkdown;
9use serde::Serialize;
10
11use crate::layout::{self, LayoutElement};
12
13/// Errors that can occur during content extraction.
14#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
15#[non_exhaustive]
16pub enum ExtractError {
17    /// Failed to format Markdown output.
18    #[error("markdown formatting failed")]
19    Fmt(#[from] std::fmt::Error),
20    /// Failed to serialize JSON output.
21    #[error("JSON serialization failed")]
22    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
23}
24
25/// Structured article data for JSON output.
26#[derive(Serialize)]
27#[non_exhaustive]
28pub struct ArticleData {
29    /// Page title.
30    pub title: String,
31    /// Raw HTML content extracted by Readability.
32    pub content: String,
33    /// Readable text content (Markdown).
34    pub text_content: String,
35    /// Author or byline, if detected.
36    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
37    pub byline: Option<String>,
38    /// Short excerpt or description.
39    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
40    pub excerpt: Option<String>,
41    /// Document language (e.g. "en").
42    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
43    pub lang: Option<String>,
44    /// Canonical URL.
45    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
46    pub url: Option<String>,
47}
48
49/// Extract text content from a PDF byte slice.
50///
51/// Returns the extracted text, or an empty string if extraction fails.
52#[must_use]
53pub fn extract_pdf(data: &[u8]) -> String {
54    match pdf_extract::extract_text_from_mem(data) {
55        Ok(text) => text,
56        Err(e) => {
57            eprintln!("warning: PDF text extraction failed: {e}");
58            String::new()
59        }
60    }
61}
62
63/// Input parameters for content extraction.
64#[non_exhaustive]
65pub struct ExtractInput<'a> {
66    /// Raw HTML of the page.
67    pub html: &'a str,
68    /// URL of the page (used for resolving relative links).
69    pub url: &'a str,
70    /// JSON-serialized layout data from the injected JS, if available.
71    pub layout_json: Option<&'a str>,
72    /// `document.body.innerText` fallback, if available.
73    pub inner_text: Option<&'a str>,
74    /// CSS selector to extract a specific section instead of using Readability.
75    pub selector: Option<&'a str>,
76}
77
78impl<'a> ExtractInput<'a> {
79    /// Create a new `ExtractInput` with required fields.
80    #[must_use]
81    pub fn new(html: &'a str, url: &'a str) -> Self {
82        Self {
83            html,
84            url,
85            layout_json: None,
86            inner_text: None,
87            selector: None,
88        }
89    }
90
91    /// Set the layout JSON data.
92    #[must_use]
93    pub fn with_layout_json(mut self, layout_json: Option<&'a str>) -> Self {
94        self.layout_json = layout_json;
95        self
96    }
97
98    /// Set the inner text fallback.
99    #[must_use]
100    pub fn with_inner_text(mut self, inner_text: Option<&'a str>) -> Self {
101        self.inner_text = inner_text;
102        self
103    }
104
105    /// Set the CSS selector for targeted extraction.
106    #[must_use]
107    pub fn with_selector(mut self, selector: Option<&'a str>) -> Self {
108        self.selector = selector;
109        self
110    }
111}
112
113/// Extract readable content as Markdown text.
114///
115/// # Errors
116///
117/// Returns [`ExtractError::Fmt`] if the Markdown assembly fails.
118pub fn extract_text(input: &ExtractInput<'_>) -> Result<String, ExtractError> {
119    if let Some(selector) = input.selector {
120        return Ok(extract_by_selector(input.html, input.layout_json, selector));
121    }
122    let article = parse_article(input.html, input.url, input.layout_json, input.inner_text);
123
124    let mut out = String::new();
125    if !article.title.is_empty() {
126        writeln!(out, "# {}\n", article.title)?;
127    }
128    if let Some(ref byline) = article.byline {
129        writeln!(out, "*{}*\n", byline.replace('*', r"\*"))?;
130    }
131    if let Some(ref excerpt) = article.excerpt {
132        writeln!(out, "> {excerpt}\n")?;
133    }
134    write!(out, "{}", article.text_content)?;
135    Ok(clean_markdown(&out))
136}
137
138/// Extract readable content as JSON.
139///
140/// # Errors
141///
142/// Returns [`ExtractError::Json`] if JSON serialization fails.
143pub fn extract_json(input: &ExtractInput<'_>) -> Result<String, ExtractError> {
144    if let Some(selector) = input.selector {
145        let text = extract_by_selector(input.html, input.layout_json, selector);
146        let data = ArticleData {
147            title: String::new(),
148            content: String::new(),
149            text_content: text,
150            byline: None,
151            excerpt: None,
152            lang: None,
153            url: Some(input.url.to_string()),
154        };
155        return Ok(serde_json::to_string_pretty(&data)?);
156    }
157    let article = parse_article(input.html, input.url, input.layout_json, input.inner_text);
158    let data = ArticleData {
159        title: article.title,
160        content: article.content,
161        text_content: article.text_content,
162        byline: article.byline,
163        excerpt: article.excerpt,
164        lang: article.lang,
165        url: Some(input.url.to_string()),
166    };
167    Ok(serde_json::to_string_pretty(&data)?)
168}
169
170struct ParsedArticle {
171    title: String,
172    content: String,
173    text_content: String,
174    byline: Option<String>,
175    excerpt: Option<String>,
176    lang: Option<String>,
177}
178
179fn is_nextjs_error_page(text: &str) -> bool {
180    let t = text.trim();
181    t.contains("client-side exception has occurred") || t.contains("Application error: a")
182}
183
184fn parse_article(html: &str, url: &str, layout_json: Option<&str>, inner_text: Option<&str>) -> ParsedArticle {
185    let filtered = filter(html, layout_json);
186
187    let doc = Document::from(filtered.as_ref());
188    if let Ok(mut readability) = Readability::with_document(doc, Some(url), None) {
189        if let Ok(article) = readability.parse() {
190            if !is_nextjs_error_page(&article.text_content) {
191                let converter = HtmlToMarkdown::builder().build();
192                let markdown = converter
193                    .convert(&article.content)
194                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| article.text_content.to_string());
195                return ParsedArticle {
196                    title: article.title.clone(),
197                    content: article.content.to_string(),
198                    text_content: markdown,
199                    byline: article.byline.clone(),
200                    excerpt: article.excerpt.clone(),
201                    lang: article.lang,
202                };
203            }
204        }
205    }
206
207    // Readability failed or returned an error page — fall back to innerText.
208    let doc = Document::from(filtered.as_ref());
209    let title = doc.select("title").text().to_string();
210    let body_text = inner_text.filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty()).map_or_else(
211        || {
212            eprintln!(
213                "warning: could not extract content. \
214                 Try --js \"document.body.innerText\" for JS-heavy sites."
215            );
216            String::new()
217        },
218        String::from,
219    );
220    ParsedArticle {
221        title,
222        content: String::new(),
223        text_content: body_text,
224        byline: None,
225        excerpt: None,
226        lang: None,
227    }
228}
229
230fn extract_by_selector(html: &str, layout_json: Option<&str>, selector: &str) -> String {
231    let filtered = filter(html, layout_json);
232    let doc = Document::from(filtered.as_ref());
233    let selected = doc.select(selector);
234    let fragment = selected.html();
235    if fragment.is_empty() {
236        return String::new();
237    }
238    let converter = HtmlToMarkdown::builder().skip_tags(vec!["script", "style"]).build();
239    let markdown = converter
240        .convert(&fragment)
241        .unwrap_or_else(|_| selected.text().to_string());
242    clean_markdown(&markdown)
243}
244
245fn filter<'a>(html: &'a str, layout_json: Option<&str>) -> Cow<'a, str> {
246    layout_json
247        .and_then(|lj| serde_json::from_str::<Vec<LayoutElement>>(lj).ok())
248        .map_or(Cow::Borrowed(html), |els| {
249            let sels = layout::selectors_to_strip(&els);
250            if sels.is_empty() {
251                return Cow::Borrowed(html);
252            }
253            let doc = Document::from(html);
254            for sel in &sels {
255                doc.select(sel).remove();
256            }
257            Cow::Owned(doc.html().to_string())
258        })
259}
260
261// Collapse runs of 3+ blank lines down to 2.
262fn clean_markdown(input: &str) -> String {
263    let mut result = String::with_capacity(input.len());
264    let mut blank_count = 0u8;
265    for line in input.lines() {
266        if line.trim().is_empty() {
267            blank_count = blank_count.saturating_add(1);
268            if blank_count <= 2 {
269                result.push('\n');
270            }
271        } else {
272            blank_count = 0;
273            result.push_str(line);
274            result.push('\n');
275        }
276    }
277    result
278}
279
280#[cfg(test)]
281mod tests {
282    use super::*;
283
284    #[test]
285    fn is_nextjs_error_page_detects_nextjs() {
286        assert!(is_nextjs_error_page(
287            "Application error: a client-side exception has occurred"
288        ));
289    }
290
291    #[test]
292    fn is_nextjs_error_page_ignores_normal_content() {
293        assert!(!is_nextjs_error_page("This article discusses error handling in Rust."));
294        assert!(!is_nextjs_error_page(
295            "A long page about many topics that happens to mention errors somewhere in the middle of a paragraph."
296        ));
297    }
298
299    #[test]
300    fn clean_markdown_collapses_blank_lines() {
301        let input = "line1\n\n\n\n\nline2\n";
302        let result = clean_markdown(input);
303        assert_eq!(result, "line1\n\n\nline2\n");
304    }
305
306    #[test]
307    fn clean_markdown_preserves_single_blank() {
308        let input = "a\n\nb\n";
309        assert_eq!(clean_markdown(input), "a\n\nb\n");
310    }
311
312    #[test]
313    fn filter_without_layout_returns_original() {
314        let html = "<html><body>hello</body></html>";
315        let result = filter(html, None);
316        assert_eq!(result.as_ref(), html);
317    }
318
319    #[test]
320    fn filter_strips_footer() {
321        let html = r#"<html><body><footer style="position:static">nav</footer><p>content</p></body></html>"#;
322        let layout = r#"[{"tag":"FOOTER","role":null,"w":1280,"h":100,"position":"static"}]"#;
323        let result = filter(html, Some(layout));
324        assert!(!result.contains("<footer"));
325        assert!(result.contains("content"));
326    }
327
328    #[test]
329    fn extract_input_builder() {
330        let input = ExtractInput::new("<html></html>", "https://example.com")
331            .with_layout_json(Some("[]"))
332            .with_inner_text(Some("hello"))
333            .with_selector(Some("article"));
334        assert_eq!(input.layout_json, Some("[]"));
335        assert_eq!(input.inner_text, Some("hello"));
336        assert_eq!(input.selector, Some("article"));
337    }
338}