diff --git a/docling/backend/html_backend.py b/docling/backend/html_backend.py
index 7c716908..d951680f 100644
--- a/docling/backend/html_backend.py
+++ b/docling/backend/html_backend.py
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ class HTMLDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
self.handle_figure(tag, doc)
elif tag.name == "img":
self.handle_image(tag, doc)
+ elif tag.name == "a":
+ self.handle_anchor(tag, doc)
elif tag.name == "details":
self.handle_details(tag, doc)
else:
@@ -293,7 +295,6 @@ class HTMLDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
def handle_list(self, element: Tag, doc: DoclingDocument) -> None:
"""Handles list tags (ul, ol) and their list items."""
-
if element.name == "ul":
# create a list group
self.parents[self.level + 1] = doc.add_group(
@@ -508,9 +509,7 @@ class HTMLDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
def handle_table(self, element: Tag, doc: DoclingDocument) -> None:
"""Handles table tags."""
-
table_data = HTMLDocumentBackend.parse_table_data(element)
-
if table_data is not None:
doc.add_table(
data=table_data,
@@ -545,12 +544,10 @@ class HTMLDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
nested_list = li.find(["ul", "ol"])
if isinstance(nested_list, Tag):
result.extend(self.get_list_text(nested_list, level + 1))
-
return result
def handle_figure(self, element: Tag, doc: DoclingDocument) -> None:
"""Handles image tags (img)."""
-
# Extract the image URI from the ![]()
tag
# image_uri = root.xpath('//figure//img/@src')[0]
@@ -580,9 +577,26 @@ class HTMLDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
def handle_image(self, element: Tag, doc: DoclingDocument) -> None:
"""Handles image tags (img)."""
_log.debug(f"ignoring ![]()
tags at the moment: {element}")
-
doc.add_picture(
parent=self.parents[self.level],
caption=None,
content_layer=self.content_layer,
)
+
+ def handle_anchor(self, element: Tag, doc: DoclingDocument) -> None:
+ """Handles anchor tags () by extracting the visible text and setting the hyperlink property."""
+ # Extract the visible text and href URL
+ text = element.get_text().strip()
+ href = element.get("href", "").strip()
+
+ # If no text is present, use the hyperlink itself as the text.
+ display_text = text if text else href
+
+ if display_text or href:
+ doc.add_text(
+ parent=self.parents[self.level],
+ label=DocItemLabel.TEXT,
+ text=display_text,
+ hyperlink=href if href else None,
+ content_layer=self.content_layer,
+ )
diff --git a/tests/data/html/example_08.html b/tests/data/html/example_08.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce1f6048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/html/example_08.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+
+ Example Website
+
+ Contact Us
+ Go to Top
+ Wikipedia
+
+