NAME HTML::Scrubber - Perl extension for scrubbing/sanitizing html VERSION version 0.14 SYNOPSIS use HTML::Scrubber; my $scrubber = HTML::Scrubber->new( allow => [ qw[ p b i u hr br ] ] ); print $scrubber->scrub('

bold missing

'); # output is:

bold

# more complex input my $html = q[
a => link br =>
b => bold u => UNDERLINE ]; print $scrubber->scrub($html); $scrubber->deny( qw[ p b i u hr br ] ); print $scrubber->scrub($html); DESCRIPTION If you want to "scrub" or "sanitize" html input in a reliable and flexible fashion, then this module is for you. I wasn't satisfied with HTML::Sanitizer because it is based on HTML::TreeBuilder, so I thought I'd write something similar that works directly with HTML::Parser. METHODS First a note on documentation: just study the EXAMPLE below. It's all the documentation you could need Also, be sure to read all the comments as well as How does it work?. If you're new to perl, good luck to you. comment warn "comments are ", $p->comment ? 'allowed' : 'not allowed'; $p->comment(0); # off by default process warn "process instructions are ", $p->process ? 'allowed' : 'not allowed'; $p->process(0); # off by default script warn "script tags (and everything in between) are supressed" if $p->script; # off by default $p->script( 0 || 1 ); ** Please note that this is implemented using HTML::Parser's ignore_elements function, so if script is set to true, all script tags encountered will be validated like all other tags. style warn "style tags (and everything in between) are supressed" if $p->style; # off by default $p->style( 0 || 1 ); ** Please note that this is implemented using HTML::Parser's ignore_elements function, so if style is set to true, all style tags encountered will be validated like all other tags. allow $p->allow(qw[ t a g s ]); deny $p->deny(qw[ t a g s ]); rules $p->rules( img => { src => qr{^(?!http://)}i, # only relative image links allowed alt => 1, # alt attribute allowed '*' => 0, # deny all other attributes }, a => { href => sub { ... }, # check or adjust with a callback }, b => 1, ... ); Updates set of attribute rules. Each rule can be 1/0, regular expression or a callback. Values longer than 1 char are treated as regexps. Callback is called with the following arguments: this object, tag name, attribute name and attribute value, should return empty list to drop attribute, undef to keep it without value or a new scalar value. default print "default is ", $p->default(); $p->default(1); # allow tags by default $p->default( undef, # don't change { # default attribute rules '*' => 1, # allow attributes by default } ); scrub_file $html = $scrubber->scrub_file('foo.html'); ## returns giant string die "Eeek $!" unless defined $html; ## opening foo.html may have failed $scrubber->scrub_file('foo.html', 'new.html') or die "Eeek $!"; $scrubber->scrub_file('foo.html', *STDOUT) or die "Eeek $!" if fileno STDOUT; scrub print $scrubber->scrub($html); ## returns giant string $scrubber->scrub($html, 'new.html') or die "Eeek $!"; $scrubber->scrub($html', *STDOUT) or die "Eeek $!" if fileno STDOUT; default handler, used by both _scrub and _scrub_fh Moved all the common code (basically all of it) into a single routine for ease of maintenance default handler, does the scrubbing if we're scrubbing out to a file. Now calls _scrub_str and pushes that out to a file. default handler, does the scrubbing if we're returning a giant string. Now calls _scrub_str and appends that to the output string. How does it work? When a tag is encountered, HTML::Scrubber allows/denies the tag using the explicit rule if one exists. If no explicit rule exists, Scrubber applies the default rule. If an explicit rule exists, but it's a simple rule(1), the default attribute rule is applied. EXAMPLE #!/usr/bin/perl -w use HTML::Scrubber; use strict; my @allow = qw[ br hr b a ]; my @rules = ( script => 0, img => { src => qr{^(?!http://)}i, # only relative image links allowed alt => 1, # alt attribute allowed '*' => 0, # deny all other attributes }, ); my @default = ( 0 => # default rule, deny all tags { '*' => 1, # default rule, allow all attributes 'href' => qr{^(?:http|https|ftp)://}i, 'src' => qr{^(?:http|https|ftp)://}i, # If your perl doesn't have qr # just use a string with length greater than 1 'cite' => '(?i-xsm:^(?:http|https|ftp):)', 'language' => 0, 'name' => 1, # could be sneaky, but hey ;) 'onblur' => 0, 'onchange' => 0, 'onclick' => 0, 'ondblclick' => 0, 'onerror' => 0, 'onfocus' => 0, 'onkeydown' => 0, 'onkeypress' => 0, 'onkeyup' => 0, 'onload' => 0, 'onmousedown' => 0, 'onmousemove' => 0, 'onmouseout' => 0, 'onmouseover' => 0, 'onmouseup' => 0, 'onreset' => 0, 'onselect' => 0, 'onsubmit' => 0, 'onunload' => 0, 'src' => 0, 'type' => 0, } ); my $scrubber = HTML::Scrubber->new(); $scrubber->allow(@allow); $scrubber->rules(@rules); # key/value pairs $scrubber->default(@default); $scrubber->comment(1); # 1 allow, 0 deny ## preferred way to create the same object $scrubber = HTML::Scrubber->new( allow => \@allow, rules => \@rules, default => \@default, comment => 1, process => 0, ); require Data::Dumper, die Data::Dumper::Dumper($scrubber) if @ARGV; my $it = q[
IN ITALICS WITH FAKE="attribute"
IN BOLD
HREF=JAVA <!>
ONMOUSEOVER JAVASCRIPT
]; print "#original text", $/, $it, $/; print "#scrubbed text (default ", $scrubber->default(), # no arguments returns the current value " comment ", $scrubber->comment(), " process ", $scrubber->process(), " )", $/, $scrubber->scrub($it), $/; $scrubber->default(1); # allow all tags by default $scrubber->comment(0); # deny comments print "#scrubbed text (default ", $scrubber->default(), " comment ", $scrubber->comment(), " process ", $scrubber->process(), " )", $/, $scrubber->scrub($it), $/; $scrubber->process(1); # allow process instructions (dangerous) $default[0] = 1; # allow all tags by default $default[1]->{'*'} = 0; # deny all attributes by default $scrubber->default(@default); # set the default again print "#scrubbed text (default ", $scrubber->default(), " comment ", $scrubber->comment(), " process ", $scrubber->process(), " )", $/, $scrubber->scrub($it), $/; FUN If you have Test::Inline (and you've installed HTML::Scrubber), try pod2test Scrubber.pm >scrubber.t perl scrubber.t SEE ALSO HTML::Parser, Test::Inline. The HTML::Sanitizer module is no longer available on CPAN. VERSION REQUIREMENTS As of version 0.14 I have added a perl minimum version requirement of 5.8. This is basically due to failures on the smokers perl 5.6 installations - which appears to be down to installation mechanisms and requirements. Since I don't want to spend the time supporting a version that is so old (and may not work for reasons on UTF support etc), I have added a use 5.008; to the main module. If this is problematic I am very willing to accept patches to fix this up, although I do not personally see a good reason to support a release that has been obsolete for 13 years. CONTRIBUTING If you want to contribute to the development of this module, the code is on GitHub . You'll need a perl environment with Dist::Zilla, and if you're just getting started, there's some documentation on using Vagrant and Perlbrew here . There is now a .perltidyrc and a <.tidyallrc> file within the respository for the standard perltidy settings used - I will apply these before new releases. Please do not let formatting prevent you from sending in patches etc - this can be sorted out as part of the release process. Info on tidyall can be found at https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Code-TidyAll/bin/tidyall. INSTALLATION See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS You can make new bug reports, and view existing ones, through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTML-Scrubber. AVAILABILITY The project homepage is https://metacpan.org/release/HTML-Scrubber. The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ to find a CPAN site near you, or see https://metacpan.org/module/HTML::Scrubber/. AUTHORS * Ruslan Zakirov * Nigel Metheringham * D. H. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Ruslan Zakirov, Nigel Metheringham, 2003-2004 D. H.. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.