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date    = "2022-09-28T02:36:11+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-09-28T02:37:11+00:00"
tags    = [ "gists" ]
author  = "tdro"
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Chrome
[`--headless`](https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#headless) can
dump the {{< abbr dom "document object model" >}} to the
[command](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher/blob/main/docs/chrome-flags-for-tools.md#chrome-flags-for-tooling)
line. Set a virtual time budget in {{< abbr vms "virtual milliseconds" >}}
[[?](https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/e5b65ca9b408d525f787a946448b206f7f81cca9/headless/app/headless_shell_switches.cc#L122)]
for the {{< abbr js "javascript" >}} to settle down and then do stuff.

```shell
Html() {
  chromium \
    --headless \
    --incognito \
    --dump-dom \
    --virtual-time-budget=999999 \
    "$1"
}

HtmlToText() {
  lynx -stdin -dump -nolist
}
```

This has "peculiar" uses. Fun fact: invoking the name of
[chromium](https://www.chromium.org/Home/) around normal people confers
alien--like status.

```shell
Html 'https://www.youtube.com/' | HtmlToText
```