jsoup
A Java library for parsing real-world HTML into a standards-based DOM with CSS selectors and DOM traversal.
jsoup is a mature Java library for reading, extracting, and changing HTML from real websites. It builds a WHATWG HTML5 DOM so Java apps can work with messy web pages in a structured way.
Key Features:
- Real-World HTML Parsing - Handle HTML as it appears on live websites
- Standards-Based DOM - Parse pages into a WHATWG HTML5 document model
- CSS Selectors - Find elements with familiar selector syntax
- DOM Traversal - Navigate and update document structure in Java
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jhy/jsoup
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2026-10-14License
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Frequently asked questions
What is jsoup used for?
jsoup is a Java library for fetching, parsing and manipulating HTML and XML. It supports DOM traversal, CSS and XPath selectors and HTML cleaning with a configured safelist. It parses content rather than executing a page as a browser.
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Is jsoup free?
jsoup is open source under the MIT license. You can use it under those license terms; network services and the infrastructure running your application have separate costs.
Sources (checked ): jsoup repository
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