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Python generate a dynamic html file pretty printed
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regex_html_tricks.py
from re import sub
from lxml.html.soupparser import fromstring
from lxml.etree import tostring
html_str = """\
<html lang="en-US">
<head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>REGEX PYTHON</title></head>
<style>
body {display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;align-items: center}
div {display: flex;flex-direction: column}
</style>
<body>"""
for i in range(1, 6): # Dinamic html with python example
html_str += "\n"
html_str += f"<h{i}> Dinamic html in python </h{i}>"
html_str += "</body></html>"
html_one_line = sub(r'(?<=>|})\s+(?=<|\{)?', r'', html_str) # Regex to remove all blank/new lines outside tags
# Output:
# <html lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>REGEX PYTHON</title></head><style>body {display: flex;flex-direction...
html_document = fromstring(html_one_line)
print(tostring(html_document, encoding='unicode', pretty_print=True))
# Output:
# <html lang="en-US">
# <head>
# <meta charset="utf-8"/>
# <title>REGEX PYTHON</title>
# </head>
# <style>body {display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;align-items: center}div {display: flex;flex-direction: column}</style>
# <body>
# <h1>Dinamic html in python </h1>
# <h2>Dinamic html in python </h2>
# <h3>Dinamic html in python </h3>
# <h4>Dinamic html in python </h4>
# <h5>Dinamic html in python </h5>
# </body>
# </html>
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