package to reduce DOM data (html or JS) without losing information so it can fit into LLMs.
Project description
domreducer
domreducer is a Python library for programmatically stripping down and sanitizing HTML documents into a minimal, text-focused form. It’s perfect for preparing web pages for LLM ingestion, text analysis, or any context where you only need the essential structural content.
Features
- Parse a full HTML document into a DOM tree.
- Strip out non-structural nodes (scripts, style blocks, comments).
- Strip out non-visual nodes (invisible elements, metadata).
- Simplify attributes (remove inline styles, classes, IDs where possible).
- Collapse deeply nested single-child containers.
- Prune repetitive or boilerplate navigation/footer elements.
- Reduce large inline SVGs or images to lightweight placeholders.
- Preserve tables, definition lists, lists, figures, and CSS-styled tables as Markdown.
- Detect single-page app “JS shells” and abort reduction so you can fall back to a JS-enabled fetch.
- Minify remaining whitespace.
All steps are tracked in a ReduceOperation result, which includes before/after sizes, token counts, and any reasons for aborting.
Installation
pip install domreducer
Quickstart
from domreducer import HtmlReducer
raw_html = "<html>…your full page…</html>"
# Run the full reduction pipeline (aborts if a JS shell is detected)
op = HtmlReducer(raw_html).reduce()
if not op.success:
print("Reduction aborted:", op.error or op.js_method_needed)
else:
print("Original size:", op.total_char, "chars")
print("Reduced size:", op.reduced_char, "chars")
print("Steps details:", op.reduction_details)
clean_html = op.reduced_data
# …use clean_html…
Custom Pipeline
Choose only the steps you want or disable JS-shell abort:
op = HtmlReducer(raw_html).reduce(
order=[
"parse_the_full_dom_into_a_dom_tree",
"strip_out_non_structural_nodes",
"simplify_attributes",
"minify_whitespace",
],
abort_on_js_shell=False,
)
API Reference
HtmlReducer(html: str)
Constructor takes your raw HTML string.
.reduce(order: List[str] = None, abort_on_js_shell: bool = True) → ReduceOperation
- order: list of step names (in the order to apply). Defaults to the full pipeline.
- abort_on_js_shell: if
True, calls.is_probably_js_shell()after parsing and returns an abortedReduceOperation.
Available steps (in pipeline order):
parse_the_full_dom_into_a_dom_treestrip_out_non_structural_nodesstrip_out_non_visual_nodessimplify_attributescollapse_deeply_nested_container_with_one_childprune_repetitive_and_boilerplate_navigation_itemsreduce_large_inline_SVGs_or_images_to_lightweight_placeholderspreserve_tables_as_markdownpreserve_deflists_as_markdownpreserve_lists_as_markdownpreserve_figures_as_markdownpreserve_css_tables_as_markdownstrip_tailwind_utility_classesdrop_row_ids_inside_large_tablesminify_whitespace
ReduceOperation
The object returned by .reduce(), with attributes:
success: bool—Trueif reduction ran through;Falseif aborted (e.g. JS shell) or error.error: Optional[str]— any error message.js_method_needed: bool—Trueif aborted due to JS-shell detection.total_char: int— character length before reduction.total_token: int— approximate token count before reduction.reduced_char: int— character length after reduction.reduced_token: int— approximate token count after reduction.raw_data: str— original HTML.reduced_data: str— the cleaned, reduced HTML.reduction_details: dict— per-step Δchars/Δtokens, and any flags like"aborted": "js_shell_detected".
Contributing
- Fork the repo
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-feature) - Open a Pull Request
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