/htmltruncate

Python module for truncating text that contains markup

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htmltruncate

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Returns a truncated string while preserving HTML markup (which does not count towards length). All tags left open by truncation are closed.

Example:

>>> import htmltruncate
>>> str = "<p>You're not gonna lose the house, <b>everybody</b> has three mortgages nowadays.</p>"
>>> htmltruncate.truncate(str, 33)
"<p>You're not gonna lose the house, </p>"

Options:

>>> htmltruncate.truncate(str, 33, full_word=True, ellipsis="...")
"<p>You're not gonna lose the house, <b>everybody</b></p>..."