Python HTMLParser example for @Cesese

parse.py

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from html.parser import HTMLParser

class PostParser(HTMLParser):
    """ Parser for mastodon posts """

    # the text-only content of the post
    postContent = ""

    # accessor
    def get_result_destructively(self):
        postContent = self.postContent
        self.postContent = ""
        return postContent

    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
        pass

    def handle_data(self, data):
        self.postContent += data

    def handle_endtag(self, tag):
        pass
    
parser = PostParser()
parser.feed('<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://niu.moe/@cesese" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cesese</span></a></span> what part are you having trouble with?')
print(parser.get_result_destructively())