href2csv

Extract anchor tag text and href URLs from HTML/HTML-fragment files and convert to CSV format.

Features

• Supports .html and .txt input files (treats them as plain text)
• Handles full HTML documents and HTML fragments
• Extracts <a href="...">...</a> links
• Sanitizes text by removing commas, quotes, and newlines
• Outputs properly formatted CSV

Installation

No external dependencies required. Uses Python 3 standard library only.

Usage

python scripts/extract_hrefs.py

The script will:

1. Scan input/ for .html and .txt files
2. Extract anchor tags from each file
3. Generate CSV files in output/

Example output (output/sra_hrefs.csv):

text_value,url
Venus Beauty Pte Ltd,http://www.venusbeauty.com.sg/
Vision Lab Eyewear Premium Pte Ltd,http://www.visionlabeyewear.com.sg

Project Structure

href2csv/
├── input/              # Source HTML/TXT files
├── output/             # Generated CSV files (gitignored)
├── scripts/
│   └── extract_hrefs.py # Main extraction script
├── memory-bank/        # Project context and decisions
├── clinerules.md       # Project rules and conventions
└── README.md