Drop invalid XML element attributes #462
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Fixes issue #375
The bug happened when we had a
:
in an element attribute that didn't match any XML namespace (invalid XML).In the bug example it was caused by
padding:1px=""; margin:15px=""
We can workaround this issue by manually stripping bad elements. I hope it doesn't impact performance too much
Testing
To reproduce:
trafilatura -u https://web.archive.org/web/20230619162141/https://www.tristatetelecom.com/productdetailI2.aspx?dataid=IPGSM-4G --xml
Minimal reproduction example:
Notes
I had to add a constraint on
lxml < 5.0
: a new lxml major version broke a test