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Diffstat (limited to 'bs4/formatter.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | bs4/formatter.py | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bs4/formatter.py b/bs4/formatter.py index 3bd9f85..65e57b5 100644 --- a/bs4/formatter.py +++ b/bs4/formatter.py @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Formatter(EntitySubstitution): def __init__( self, language=None, entity_substitution=None, void_element_close_prefix='/', cdata_containing_tags=None, - empty_attributes_are_booleans=False, + empty_attributes_are_booleans=False, indent=1, ): """Constructor. @@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ class Formatter(EntitySubstitution): :param blank_attributes_are_booleans: Render attributes whose value is the empty string as HTML-style boolean attributes. (Attributes whose value is None are always rendered this way.) + + :param indent: If indent is a non-negative integer or string, + then the contents of elements will be indented + appropriately when pretty-printing. An indent level of 0, + negative, or "" will only insert newlines. Using a + positive integer indent indents that many spaces per + level. If indent is a string (such as "\t"), that string + is used to indent each level. The default behavior to + indent one space per level. """ self.language = language self.entity_substitution = entity_substitution @@ -77,6 +86,17 @@ class Formatter(EntitySubstitution): language, cdata_containing_tags, 'cdata_containing_tags' ) self.empty_attributes_are_booleans=empty_attributes_are_booleans + if indent is None: + indent = 0 + if isinstance(indent, int): + if indent < 0: + indent = 0 + indent = ' ' * indent + elif isinstance(indent, str): + indent = indent + else: + indent = ' ' + self.indent = indent def substitute(self, ns): """Process a string that needs to undergo entity substitution. |