Extract HTML
Infoveave Data Automation — Document Parsing
HTML table in. Structured, analytics-ready data out. No browser required.
Many internal reporting tools, government portals, and CMS platforms deliver data as HTML files or HTML-formatted emails — not as CSV or API JSON. Extracting the tabular data for analytics requires either manual copy-paste or custom web scraping code. Extract HTML reads the HTML file content, applies a CSS selector or extraction rule to target the correct table, and returns the data as a structured table directly inside the workflow — no code, no browser automation dependency.
What Extract HTML does
Definition
Extract HTML is an Infoveave Data Ingestion activity that reads a static .html or .htm file, applies a CSS selector to a target table, and outputs structured rows and columns for downstream transformation or load—without manual copy-paste or custom scraping scripts.
Extract structured data from HTML tables in web reports, email digests, and CMS exports using configurable selectors inside your Infoveave workflow. Convert HTML tables into analytics-ready tabular data without manual copy-paste.
Part of Infoveave Data Automation on the Unified Data Platform.
When to use Extract HTML
- You receive HTML-formatted reports from internal tools, government portals, or web platforms that you need to ingest
- Email reports saved as .html files contain tables with operational data you need to load into your analytics platform
- A CMS, e-commerce platform, or reporting system exports data as HTML rather than CSV or JSON
- You want to extract specific tables from multi-table HTML documents using CSS selectors
When to avoid it
- Your data source can provide a proper CSV or API endpoint — prefer those over HTML parsing for reliability
- The HTML is dynamically rendered by JavaScript and requires a browser to load — HTML extraction works on static HTML file content, not dynamically rendered pages
- You need to extract non-tabular HTML content such as paragraphs, lists, or metadata — use a transformation step with regex or text parsing instead
Where it fits in your Infoveave automation
Extract HTML is one step inside a multi-step Infoveave workflow. Chain it with other activities — no code, no manual hand-offs.
Build this workflow visually in Infoveave Data Automation — drag, connect, and schedule with no infrastructure setup.
How teams use Extract HTML
Real scenarios where this transformation saves hours of manual work.
E-Commerce Platform Report Ingestion
A marketplace portal sends a weekly sales performance report as an HTML email. The email is saved as an .html file and passed to Extract HTML. Using a CSS selector targeting the sales summary table, the activity extracts SKU, units sold, and revenue into a structured table that feeds the retail analytics dashboard.
Bank Web Portal Statement Ingestion
A corporate bank portal allows HTML export of transaction summaries. Extract HTML reads the downloaded .html file and extracts the transaction table — date, description, debit, credit, balance — which is then loaded into the reconciliation workflow.
Supplier Portal Quality Report
A supplier's quality management portal generates HTML inspection reports. Extract HTML extracts the defect summary table from each report using the table selector, aggregating defect counts across suppliers for the quality analytics board.
See Extract HTML in action
Input data (left) is transformed using the configuration below. The output table (right) is ready for dashboards or downstream steps.
#sales-summary (CSS ID selector)Input Data
| HTML content (simplified) |
|---|
| <table id='sales-summary'> |
| <tr><th>SKU</th><th>Units</th><th>Revenue</th></tr> |
| <tr><td>A001</td><td>120</td><td>3600.00</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>B044</td><td>85</td><td>2125.00</td></tr> |
| </table> |
Output Data
| SKU | Units | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| A001 | 120 | 3600.00 |
| B044 | 85 | 2125.00 |
Configuration
Key fields to configure in the Infoveave workflow builder. Full reference available in the documentation.
HTML Extract Rule / Selector
A CSS selector or rule specifying which table to extract from the HTML file. Examples: #sales-table (by ID), .report-data (by class), table:first-of-type (first table in the document), table:nth-of-type(2) for the second table. Use your browser's developer tools (Inspect Element) on a sample file to identify the correct selector.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about Extract HTML in Infoveave.
Also in Document Parsing — and what runs before & after
Transformations in the same family as Extract HTML, often chained together in the same Infoveave workflow.
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