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HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World</h1>
<p>Hello, my name is <span id="name">ah, Clem</span>.
<p>Today's date is <span id="date">Oct 6, 2001</span>.
</body>
</html>
Perl:
use HTML::Seamstress;
my $tree = HTML::Seamstress->new_from_file($html_file);
$tree->name_handler('bob');
$tree->date_handler(`date`);
sub name_handler {
my ($tree, $name) = @_;
my $name_tag = $tree->look_down('id', 'name');
$name_tag->detach_content; # delete dummy content ("ah, Clem")
$name_tag->push_content($name);
}
sub date_handler {
my ($tree, $date) = @_;
my $name_tag = $tree->look_down('id', 'date');
$name_tag->detach_content; # delete dummy content ("Oct 6, 2001")
$name_tag->push_content($date);
}
Or with convenience methods:
use HTML::Seamstress;
my $tree = HTML::Seamstress->new_from_file($html_file);
$tree->content_handler(name => 'bob');
$tree->content_handler(date => `date`);
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