DVHtmlToModels

Parse html to models.

Installation

DVHtmlToModels requires iOS 7.1 or later.

iOS 7

Install hpple
Copying all the files from DVHtmlToModels folder into your project.
Make sure that the files are added to the Target membership.

Using CocoaPods

Add the pod hpple to your Podfile.

pod 'hpple', :git => 'https://github.com/topfunky/hpple.git'

Add the pod DVHtmlToModels.

pod 'DVHtmlToModels', :git => 'https://github.com/denis-vashkovski/DVHtmlToModels.git'

Run pod install from Terminal, then open your app's .xcworkspace file to launch Xcode.

Basic Usage

Create a .plist context file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>url</key>
	<string>https://example.com/example.html</string>
	<key>data</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>xPathRoot</key>
			<string>//xPath</string>
			<key>className</key>
			<string>ClassName1</string>
			<key>fields</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>name</key>
					<string>field1</string>
					<key>result</key>
					<array>
						<dict>
							<key>xPath</key>
							<string>//xPath</string>
							<key>attribute</key>
							<string>attribute1</string>
							<key>regex</key>
							<string>regex1</string>
							<key>formats</key>
							<array>
								<dict>
									<key>conditions</key>
									<array>
										<dict>
											<key>regex</key>
											<string>regex1</string>
											<key>negative</key>
											<true/>
										</dict>
									</array>
									<key>format</key>
									<string>http://example.com%@</string>
								</dict>
								<dict>
									<key>type</key>
									<string>date</string>
									<key>format</key>
									<string>dd.MM.yyyy</string>
								</dict>
							</array>
							<key>value</key>
							<string>value1</string>
						</dict>
					</array>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>name</key>
					<string>field2</string>
					<key>result</key>
					<array>
						<dict>
						        <!--
                                        If field is a custom object
                                -->
							<key>data</key>
							<dict>
							        ...
							</dict>
						</dict>
					</array>
				</dict>
			</array>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>

Create a classes for models.

@interface ClassName1 : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *field1;
@property (nonatomic, strong) ClassName2 *field2;
@end

Import the class header.

#import "DVHtmlToModels.h"

Just create DVHtmlToModels instance with context.

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
	[super viewDidLoad];
	
	DVHtmlToModels *htmlToModels = [DVHtmlToModels htmlToModelsWithContextByName:@"context_example"];
    NSDictionary *data = [htmlToModels loadData];
    if (data) {
        self.models = data[NSStringFromClass([ClassName1 class])];
    }
}

Demo

Build and run the DVHtmlToModels_Example project in Xcode to see DVHtmlToModels in action.

Contact

Denis Vashkovski

License

This project is is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info. Attribution by linking to the project page is appreciated.