sgmllib3k

library1.0.0pypypi✓ verified 25d ago

sgmllib3k is a Python 3 port of the `sgmllib` module, which was deprecated in Python 2.6 and removed in Python 3.0. It provides a basic SGML/HTML parser for legacy applications. The current version is 1.0.0, released in 2011, and the project appears to be abandoned.

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · SGMLLIB3K

sgmllib3k

serializationpythonv1.0.0

Install

2.4s avg

Import

10ms

Disk

17MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v1.0.0 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.006s · 19.2MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 2.4s · import 0.006s · 20MB

17MB installed

● package 17MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

SGMLParser

✓ from sgmllib import SGMLParser

✗ from sgmllib3k import SGMLParser

This quickstart demonstrates how to create a basic parser by subclassing `SGMLParser` and overriding methods like `handle_data` to process the parsed content. The `feed()` method is used to pass the HTML string to the parser.

import sgmllib3k class MyParser(sgmllib3k.SGMLParser): def __init__(self, verbose=0): sgmllib3k.SGMLParser.__init__(self, verbose) self.data = [] def handle_data(self, data): self.data.append(data) def unknown_starttag(self, tag, attrs): # Example: print all start tags pass def unknown_endtag(self, tag): # Example: print all end tags pass html_content = "<html><body><h1>Hello</h1><p>World</p></body></html>" parser = MyParser() parser.feed(html_content) parser.close() print("Extracted data:", parser.data) # Expected output: Extracted data: ['Hello', 'World']

Debug

Known issues

breakingsgmllib3k is not actively maintained and was last updated in 2011. It is designed for early Python 3 versions (e.g., 3.0-3.2) and may not be compatible or stable with modern Python 3.x releases (3.6+).

fix

For new development or modern web parsing, consider the standard library's `html.parser` or third-party libraries like `BeautifulSoup`.

affects: <=1.0.0

deprecatedThis library itself is a port of a deprecated module (`sgmllib`). It lacks modern features like HTML5 support, robust error handling, and performance optimizations found in contemporary parsing libraries. Its use is strongly discouraged for new projects.

fix

Migrate to `html.parser` for basic HTML parsing or `BeautifulSoup` for more comprehensive and fault-tolerant parsing of real-world HTML documents.

affects: <=1.0.0

gotchaUnlike `html.parser` or `BeautifulSoup`, `sgmllib3k` (and the original `sgmllib`) provides a very low-level, SAX-like parser. It requires manual implementation of handler methods (e.g., `start_tag`, `end_tag`, `handle_data`) which can be verbose and error-prone for complex parsing tasks.

fix

Be prepared to write significant boilerplate code for custom parsing logic. Evaluate if `html.parser`'s `HTMLParser` or `BeautifulSoup`'s DOM-like interface would simplify your task considerably.

affects: <=1.0.0

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Version history

1.0.0latest on PyPI · released Aug 24, 2010

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packagehttps://pypi.org/project/sgmllib3k/ ↗

homepagehttp://hg.hardcoded.net/sgmllib ↗