Jsoup is a Java library used for parsing HTML documents, manipulating HTML elements, and extracting relevant data from HTML content. It provides a convenient API for working with HTML, allowing developers to easily navigate the document structure, select specific elements using CSS-like selectors, extract attributes and text content, and manipulate the HTML as needed.
Originally developed by Jonathan Hedley, Jsoup has become one of the most popular HTML parsing libraries for Java due to its simplicity, flexibility, and powerful features. It is commonly used for tasks such as web scraping, data extraction, web crawling, and HTML manipulation in Java applications.
Jsoup handles various HTML document types and provides methods to handle invalid or poorly formatted HTML gracefully. It also includes features for sanitizing HTML content to prevent security vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
