How do I convert uitextview content to include simplified HTML Tags and ultimately be a string to send?
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I am trying to send the contents of a textView to a web service, but I want it to include HTML tags BUT the simplified version. See code for details:
let attrStr = NSAttributedString(string: self.textView.text)
let documentAttributes = [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType]
do {
let htmlData = try attrStr.data(from: NSMakeRange(0, attrStr.length), documentAttributes: documentAttributes)
if let htmlString = String(data: htmlData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
print("YOUR HTMLSTRING IS: (htmlString)")
}
} catch {
print("ERROR CREATING HTML FROM ATTRIBUTED STRING")
}
htmlString is the whole shebang, something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title></title>
<meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
<style type="text/css">
And then the whole HTML, body, class, double quotes tags from HTML. But the web service cannot accept those, especially the double
quotes I believe is the problem. Android side is able to send only the
important stuff such as the br and the p tags. That's really all I
need.
So question:
How do I simplify what I'm sending from the whole DOCTYPE html tag to
the "Test 123 <br> <p> Test 123"?
html ios swift uitextview
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
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I am trying to send the contents of a textView to a web service, but I want it to include HTML tags BUT the simplified version. See code for details:
let attrStr = NSAttributedString(string: self.textView.text)
let documentAttributes = [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType]
do {
let htmlData = try attrStr.data(from: NSMakeRange(0, attrStr.length), documentAttributes: documentAttributes)
if let htmlString = String(data: htmlData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
print("YOUR HTMLSTRING IS: (htmlString)")
}
} catch {
print("ERROR CREATING HTML FROM ATTRIBUTED STRING")
}
htmlString is the whole shebang, something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title></title>
<meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
<style type="text/css">
And then the whole HTML, body, class, double quotes tags from HTML. But the web service cannot accept those, especially the double
quotes I believe is the problem. Android side is able to send only the
important stuff such as the br and the p tags. That's really all I
need.
So question:
How do I simplify what I'm sending from the whole DOCTYPE html tag to
the "Test 123 <br> <p> Test 123"?
html ios swift uitextview
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
Here is a sample example of what you can do for bold & italic: stackoverflow.com/questions/44027651/… You might need to adapt according to what tags you want. Also, it's strange that your webservice doesn't parse correctly the double quotes, what do you do exactly? Do you do a GET request and put the text in the URL? if yes, you might want to percent escape the characters.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:33
Based on my previous answer, I'd go with<br>replacingn, and add<p>&</p>for eachNSAttributedString.key.paragraphfound.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:52
What would I replace "NSFontAttributeName" with in my case? Thanks
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:16
NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStylewhich in Swift 3 (I guess that's the version you use), should beNSParagraphStyleAttributeName.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 16:18
I am trying to follow your sample example to work in my case but I am having some trouble. When I use NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, and get a value in the closure, I am casting value as! NSParagraphStyle but then doing value dot property only shows customMirror, debugDescription etc, nothing showing I can check for /p or /br
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:32
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I am trying to send the contents of a textView to a web service, but I want it to include HTML tags BUT the simplified version. See code for details:
let attrStr = NSAttributedString(string: self.textView.text)
let documentAttributes = [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType]
do {
let htmlData = try attrStr.data(from: NSMakeRange(0, attrStr.length), documentAttributes: documentAttributes)
if let htmlString = String(data: htmlData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
print("YOUR HTMLSTRING IS: (htmlString)")
}
} catch {
print("ERROR CREATING HTML FROM ATTRIBUTED STRING")
}
htmlString is the whole shebang, something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title></title>
<meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
<style type="text/css">
And then the whole HTML, body, class, double quotes tags from HTML. But the web service cannot accept those, especially the double
quotes I believe is the problem. Android side is able to send only the
important stuff such as the br and the p tags. That's really all I
need.
So question:
How do I simplify what I'm sending from the whole DOCTYPE html tag to
the "Test 123 <br> <p> Test 123"?
html ios swift uitextview
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
I am trying to send the contents of a textView to a web service, but I want it to include HTML tags BUT the simplified version. See code for details:
let attrStr = NSAttributedString(string: self.textView.text)
let documentAttributes = [NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute:NSHTMLTextDocumentType]
do {
let htmlData = try attrStr.data(from: NSMakeRange(0, attrStr.length), documentAttributes: documentAttributes)
if let htmlString = String(data: htmlData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) {
print("YOUR HTMLSTRING IS: (htmlString)")
}
} catch {
print("ERROR CREATING HTML FROM ATTRIBUTED STRING")
}
htmlString is the whole shebang, something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title></title>
<meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
<style type="text/css">
And then the whole HTML, body, class, double quotes tags from HTML. But the web service cannot accept those, especially the double
quotes I believe is the problem. Android side is able to send only the
important stuff such as the br and the p tags. That's really all I
need.
So question:
How do I simplify what I'm sending from the whole DOCTYPE html tag to
the "Test 123 <br> <p> Test 123"?
html ios swift uitextview
html ios swift uitextview
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
edited Nov 12 at 17:58
rmaddy
237k27308375
237k27308375
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
asked Nov 12 at 15:22
alwongg
164
164
Here is a sample example of what you can do for bold & italic: stackoverflow.com/questions/44027651/… You might need to adapt according to what tags you want. Also, it's strange that your webservice doesn't parse correctly the double quotes, what do you do exactly? Do you do a GET request and put the text in the URL? if yes, you might want to percent escape the characters.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:33
Based on my previous answer, I'd go with<br>replacingn, and add<p>&</p>for eachNSAttributedString.key.paragraphfound.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:52
What would I replace "NSFontAttributeName" with in my case? Thanks
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:16
NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStylewhich in Swift 3 (I guess that's the version you use), should beNSParagraphStyleAttributeName.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 16:18
I am trying to follow your sample example to work in my case but I am having some trouble. When I use NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, and get a value in the closure, I am casting value as! NSParagraphStyle but then doing value dot property only shows customMirror, debugDescription etc, nothing showing I can check for /p or /br
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:32
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Here is a sample example of what you can do for bold & italic: stackoverflow.com/questions/44027651/… You might need to adapt according to what tags you want. Also, it's strange that your webservice doesn't parse correctly the double quotes, what do you do exactly? Do you do a GET request and put the text in the URL? if yes, you might want to percent escape the characters.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:33
Based on my previous answer, I'd go with<br>replacingn, and add<p>&</p>for eachNSAttributedString.key.paragraphfound.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:52
What would I replace "NSFontAttributeName" with in my case? Thanks
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:16
NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStylewhich in Swift 3 (I guess that's the version you use), should beNSParagraphStyleAttributeName.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 16:18
I am trying to follow your sample example to work in my case but I am having some trouble. When I use NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, and get a value in the closure, I am casting value as! NSParagraphStyle but then doing value dot property only shows customMirror, debugDescription etc, nothing showing I can check for /p or /br
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:32
Here is a sample example of what you can do for bold & italic: stackoverflow.com/questions/44027651/… You might need to adapt according to what tags you want. Also, it's strange that your webservice doesn't parse correctly the double quotes, what do you do exactly? Do you do a GET request and put the text in the URL? if yes, you might want to percent escape the characters.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:33
Here is a sample example of what you can do for bold & italic: stackoverflow.com/questions/44027651/… You might need to adapt according to what tags you want. Also, it's strange that your webservice doesn't parse correctly the double quotes, what do you do exactly? Do you do a GET request and put the text in the URL? if yes, you might want to percent escape the characters.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:33
Based on my previous answer, I'd go with
<br> replacing n, and add <p> & </p> for each NSAttributedString.key.paragraph found.– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:52
Based on my previous answer, I'd go with
<br> replacing n, and add <p> & </p> for each NSAttributedString.key.paragraph found.– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:52
What would I replace "NSFontAttributeName" with in my case? Thanks
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:16
What would I replace "NSFontAttributeName" with in my case? Thanks
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:16
NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStyle which in Swift 3 (I guess that's the version you use), should be NSParagraphStyleAttributeName.– Larme
Nov 12 at 16:18
NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStyle which in Swift 3 (I guess that's the version you use), should be NSParagraphStyleAttributeName.– Larme
Nov 12 at 16:18
I am trying to follow your sample example to work in my case but I am having some trouble. When I use NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, and get a value in the closure, I am casting value as! NSParagraphStyle but then doing value dot property only shows customMirror, debugDescription etc, nothing showing I can check for /p or /br
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:32
I am trying to follow your sample example to work in my case but I am having some trouble. When I use NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, and get a value in the closure, I am casting value as! NSParagraphStyle but then doing value dot property only shows customMirror, debugDescription etc, nothing showing I can check for /p or /br
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:32
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Here is a sample example of what you can do for bold & italic: stackoverflow.com/questions/44027651/… You might need to adapt according to what tags you want. Also, it's strange that your webservice doesn't parse correctly the double quotes, what do you do exactly? Do you do a GET request and put the text in the URL? if yes, you might want to percent escape the characters.
– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:33
Based on my previous answer, I'd go with
<br>replacingn, and add<p>&</p>for eachNSAttributedString.key.paragraphfound.– Larme
Nov 12 at 15:52
What would I replace "NSFontAttributeName" with in my case? Thanks
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:16
NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStylewhich in Swift 3 (I guess that's the version you use), should beNSParagraphStyleAttributeName.– Larme
Nov 12 at 16:18
I am trying to follow your sample example to work in my case but I am having some trouble. When I use NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, and get a value in the closure, I am casting value as! NSParagraphStyle but then doing value dot property only shows customMirror, debugDescription etc, nothing showing I can check for /p or /br
– alwongg
Nov 12 at 16:32