HTML to reportlab flowables converter

gistfile1.py

# I place this in the public domain

# This only handles non-nested lists, emphasis, headings and horizontal rules (which are converted to page breaks)
# Sufficient for converting Markdown generated HTML to reportlab flowables...

import xml.sax as sax

def html_to_rl(html, styleSheet):
	elements = list()

	class Handler(sax.ContentHandler):
		mode = ""
		buffer = ""
		listcounter = 0
		listtype = ""

		def startElement(self, name, attrs):
			if name in ["strong", "em", "i", "b"]:
				self.mode = name
			elif name == "ol":
				self.listcounter = 1
				self.listtype = "ol"
			elif name == "ul":
				self.listtype = "ul"
			elif name == "hr":
				elements.append(PageBreak())

		def endElement(self, name):
			if name.startswith("h") and name[-1] in ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"]:
				elements.append(Paragraph(self.buffer, styleSheet["Heading%s" % name[-1]]))
			elif name in ["strong", "em", "i", "b"]:
				self.mode = ""
			elif name == "p":
				elements.append(Paragraph(self.buffer, styleSheet["BodyText"]))
			elif name == "li":
				if self.listtype == "ul":
					elements.append(Paragraph(self.buffer, styleSheet["BodyText"], bulletText=u"•"))
				else:
					elements.append(Paragraph(self.buffer, styleSheet["BodyText"], bulletText="%s." % self.listcounter))
					self.listcounter += 1
			elif name in ["ol", "ul"]:
				self.listcounter = 0
				self.listtype = ""

			if name in ["h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "p", "li"]:
				self.buffer = ""

		def characters(self, chars):
			surrounding = None

			if self.mode in ["strong", "em", "i", "b"]:
				if self.mode in ["strong", "b"]:
					surrounding = "b"
				else:
					surrounding = "i"

			if surrounding:
				chars = u"<%s>%s</%s>" % (surrounding, chars, surrounding)

			self.buffer += chars

	# Yeah I know... this makes Jesus cry, but unfortunately SAX wants a document element
	# surrounding everything
	sax.parseString(u"<doc>%s</doc>" % html, Handler())

	return elements

This saved me a big headache. THANK YOU!!!

Thankyou... big time !!!

This should be in the "official reportlab" imho..