html-validator

#html-validator

A Node.js module/CLI app for validating html using validator.w3.org/nu

##Module Supports the following modes from Validator.nu Web Service Interface

• Document URL as a GET parameter; the service retrieves the document by URL over HTTP or HTTPS.
• Document POSTed as the HTTP entity body; parameters in query string as with GET.

###Installation

$ npm install html-validator

###Test

$ npm test

###Usage

Create an options object.

format This is the formatting of the returned data and it is required. It supports json, html, xhtml, xml, gnu and text.

validator You can override the default validator as long as it exposes the same REST interface.

url The url to the page you want to validate.

var validator = require('html-validator')
  , opts = {
      url : 'http://url-to-validate.com',
      format : 'json'
  };

validator(opts, function(err, data){
  if(err) throw err;

  console.log(data);
});

data The html you want to validate

var validator = require('html-validator')
  , fs = require('fs')
  , opts = {
    format : 'json'
  };


fs.readFile( 'file-to-validate.html', 'utf8', function( err, html ) {
  if (err) throw err;

  opts.data = html;

  validator(opts, function(err, data){
    if(err) throw err;

    console.log(data);
  });

});

validator You can override the default validator as long as it exposes the same REST interface.

var validator = require('html-validator')
  , opts = {
      url : 'http://url-to-validate.com',
      validator: 'http://html5.validator.nu',
      format : 'json'
  };

validator(opts, function(err, data){
  if(err) throw err;

  console.log(data);
});

##CLI

Pass in or --file and optional --format or --validator.

###Installation

Install globally

$ npm install html-validator -g

###Usage

With url

$ html-validator <url>

With file

$ html-validator --file=path-to-file

Optional pass in format for returned data.

Valid options: json, html, xhtml, xml, gnu and text (default).

$ html-validator <url> --format=gnu

Optional pass in another validator.

It needs to expose the same REST interface.

$ html-validator <url> --validator='http://html5.validator.nu'