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title: Extract HTML
description: Extract table data from HTML documents into structured datasets.
category: Data Extraction
tags: [html, table, extract, parse, structured data]
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import { Aside } from "@astrojs/starlight/components";
# Extract HTML
## Description
The **Extract HTML** activity extracts tabular data from HTML files and converts it into a structured dataset. This is especially useful for processing reports, web-scraped content, or embedded tables from web pages or system-generated HTML files.
> **Use case**:
> Ideal for scenarios where data is embedded in HTML tables, such as downloaded web reports, email digests, or content management system exports.
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## Input
| Type | Description |
| ---- | --------------------------- |
| File | HTML document (.html, .htm) |
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## Output
| Type | Description |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Data | Structured tabular data extracted from HTML |
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## Configuration Fields
| Field Name | Required | Description |
| -------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Add HTML Extract** | Yes | Defines extraction rule(s) to identify and parse one or more HTML tables. |
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## Sample Input
Not applicable — input is provided via uploaded HTML files.
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## Sample Configuration
| Field | Value |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Add HTML Extract | Table selector for parsing table |
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## Sample Output
| Name | Age | Country |
| -------- | --- | --------- |
| John Doe | 28 | USA |
| Alice | 31 | Canada |
| Bob | 25 | Australia |
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