element <br> closed by </a>

[otonoton]

Problem Statement

Cannot parse valid HTML document

Steps to Reproduce

cat test.html | xq -j

Actual Result

Error: error while parsing XML: XML syntax error on line 151: element <br> closed by </a>

Same result with cat test.html | xq -m -j as well.

Expected Result

JSON output converted from the HTML data

[sibprogrammer]

Try instead:

cat test.html | xq | xq -j

JSON formatter assumes XML input.