Let’s use Nokogiri as an example. How can I rewrite page = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(html) as

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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T18:49:38+00:00 2026-05-23T18:49:38+00:00

Let’s use Nokogiri as an example.

How can I rewrite

page = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(html)

as

page = myparse(html)

I see the “alias” keyword but since it involves opening up whatever modules/classes a method belongs to, there is no universal way of aliasing.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-23T18:49:39+00:00

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You could create a method in your application/class to wrap this for you:

def myparse(html)
  Nokogiri::HTML.parse(html)
end

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