README.md

html-validator-cli

CLI for validating html using validator.w3.org/nu

Requires Node >= 8.15.3 for older versions use v5.0.0

Sends Page is validto STDOUT and exits with code 0 if page is valid.

Sends Page is not valid to STDOUT and exits with code 1 if page is not valid.

Sends Page not found to STDOUT and exits with code 1 if page is not found.

Installation

$ npm i html-validator-cli -g

Usage

$ html-validator <url>

With file

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

With data

$ html-validator --data=data

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'

Optional pass in strings to ignore

$ html-validator <url> --ignore='Error: Stray end tag “div”.' --ignore='Error: Stray end tag “body”.'

Optional pass in headers

$ html-validator <url> --headers='{"foo":"doo"}'

To get full result from validator use --verbose

$ html-validator <url> --verbose

Optional, only get errors use --quiet

$ html-validator <url> --quiet

Validate a local document without setting up a tunnel

$ html-validator <local-url> --islocal

returns array of error messages

[
  {
    "type": "error",
    "lastLine": 8,
    "lastColumn": 32,
    "firstColumn": 27,
    "message": "Stray end tag “div”.",
    "extract": "aaaad code</div></p>\n<",
    "hiliteStart": 10,
    "hiliteLength": 6
  }
]

Related

• site-validator-cli CLI for validating a whole site or multiple pages
• html-validator API for this module

License

MIT