Add table and lenient config option

[lightcards.git] / lightcards / parse.py

diff --git a/lightcards/parse.py b/lightcards/parse.py
index 5d9b4024fd15f7d8491a6271fd163464279f5bc2..082b7dce1dedf0fca6879bf91818915f39fb086f 100644 (file)
--- a/lightcards/parse.py
+++ b/lightcards/parse.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Parse markdown table into tuple of lists
 # Armaan Bhojwani 2021
 
-import sys
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 import markdown
 
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ def md2html(file):
     return outp
 
 
-def parse_html(html, args):
+def parse_html(html, args, conf):
     """Use BeautifulSoup to parse the HTML"""
 
     def clean_text(inp):
@@ -33,12 +32,19 @@ def parse_html(html, args):
     soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
     outp, ths = [], []
 
-    for i, table in enumerate(soup.find_all("table")):
+    if args.table:
+        table_num = args.table
+    elif conf["table"]:
+        table_num = conf["table"]
+    else:
+        table_num = False
+
+    for i, table in enumerate(soup.find_all("table"), start=1):
         ths = table.find_all("th")
         if len(ths) != 2:
-            if not args.lenient:
+            if conf["lenient"] or not args.lenient:
                 raise Exception("lightcards: Headings malformed")
-        elif args.table == i:
+        elif (table_num and i == table_num) or not table_num:
             try:
                 for x in table.find_all("tr"):
                     y = x.find_all("td")