i have one webservices(in PHP) i need to parse it so simply i need tag name. so when i viewsource it in browser i got … some span tag are there and it stuch to display data so how can i avoid this?
<weeklyparties>
<details>
<details>
<status>
<weeklypartyid>13</weeklypartyid>
<weeklypartytitle>Thursdays</weeklypartytitle>
<weeklypartydesc><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Rare Rooftop - Chelsea</span><br></weeklypartydesc></status></details><details><status><weeklypartyid>14</weeklypartyid><weeklypartytitle>Fridays</weeklypartytitle><weeklypartydesc><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Bar Basque</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Forum</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Ganzevort Park</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Hudson Terrace</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"></span><br></weeklypartydesc></status></details><details><status><weeklypartyid>15</weeklypartyid><weeklypartytitle>Saturdays</weeklypartytitle><weeklypartydesc><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Aspen Social Club</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Bar Basque</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Crimson</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Forum</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Lexicon</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">
Lounge 16 (New Highbar)</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Hudson Bar</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\">Hudson Terrace</span><br style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: #FFFFFF;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color:
I asume you want to develop a Java or Android application. In this case you can use a third party library for HTML parsing,like
To find all the weeklypartydesc with jsoup, you would use the following code fragment:
This code also removes the br and span elements. You can easily find additional infos on using jsoup on StackOverflow (even in combination with Android). Do not forget to give your application the internet permission.