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convert_using_pandoc

Convert files supported by pandoc to the html format.

to_html_elt(filename)

Convert the content of the give file to an lxml element.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
filename Path

path to the document

 required

Returns:

Type Description
Element

An lxml element containing the html version of the given file.
Source code in corpustools/convert_using_pandoc.py 
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def to_html_elt(filename: Path) -> etree.Element:
    """Convert the content of the give file to an lxml element.

    Args:
        filename: path to the document

    Returns:
        An lxml element containing the html version of the given file.
    """
    html_body = subprocess.run(
        ["pandoc", filename.as_posix()], encoding="utf-8", capture_output=True, check=False
    ).stdout

    return html.document_fromstring(f"<html><body>{html_body}</body></html>")