Defuddle CLI

Command line interface for Defuddle. Extract clean HTML or Markdown from pages.

Installation

npm install -g defuddle-cli

Usage

defuddle parse <source> [options]

Arguments

• source: HTML file path or URL to parse

Options

• -o, --output <file>: Output file path (default: stdout)
• -m, --markdown, --md: Convert content to markdown
• -j, --json: Output as JSON with both HTML and markdown content
• -p, --property <name>: Extract a specific property (e.g., title, description, domain)
• --debug: Enable debug mode
• -h, --help: Display help for command

Examples

Parse a local HTML file (outputs HTML):

defuddle parse article.html

Parse a URL and convert to markdown:

defuddle parse https://example.com/article --md

Parse and get the full JSON response from Defuddle:

defuddle parse article.html --json

Save markdown output to a file:

defuddle parse article.html --md -o output.md

Extract specific properties:

# Get just the title
defuddle parse article.html --property title

# Get the description
defuddle parse article.html -p description

# Get the domain
defuddle parse article.html --property domain

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run in development mode
npm run dev