Add flag to force html mode

README.md

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ FLAGS:
         --exclude-private        Exclude private IP address ranges from checking
         --glob-ignore-case       Ignore case when expanding filesystem path glob inputs
         --help                   Prints help information
+        --html                   Treat the input as HTML
         --include-verbatim       Find links in verbatim sections like `pre`- and `code` blocks
     -i, --insecure               Proceed for server connections considered insecure (invalid TLS)
     -n, --no-progress            Do not show progress bar.
@@ -273,9 +274,9 @@ ARGS:
 ### Ignoring links
 
 You can exclude links from getting checked by specifying regex patterns
-with `--exclude` (e.g. `--exclude example\.(com|org)`).  
+with `--exclude` (e.g. `--exclude example\.(com|org)`).
 If a file named `.lycheeignore` exists in the current working directory, its
-contents are excluded as well. The file allows you to list multiple regular 
+contents are excluded as well. The file allows you to list multiple regular
 expressions for exclusion (one pattern per line).
 
 ### Caching

fixtures/configs/smoketest.toml

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ include_verbatim = false
 # Ignore case of paths when matching glob patterns.
 glob_ignore_case = false
 
+# Treat input as HTML
+html = false
+
 # Exclude URLs from checking (supports regex).
 exclude = [ '.*\.github.com\.*' ]
 

lychee-bin/src/options.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use crate::parse::{parse_base, parse_statuscodes};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Error, Result};
 use const_format::{concatcp, formatcp};
 use lychee_lib::{
-    Base, Input, DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRECTS, DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DEFAULT_RETRY_WAIT_TIME_SECS,
-    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS, DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
+    Base, FileType, Input, DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRECTS, DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
+    DEFAULT_RETRY_WAIT_TIME_SECS, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS, DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
 };
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -122,14 +122,26 @@ impl LycheeOptions {
     // but we'd get no access to `glob_ignore_case`.
     /// Get parsed inputs from options.
     pub(crate) fn inputs(&self) -> Result<Vec<Input>> {
+        let file_type_hint = if self.config.html {
+            Some(FileType::Html)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         let excluded = if self.config.exclude_path.is_empty() {
             None
         } else {
             Some(self.config.exclude_path.clone())
         };
         self.raw_inputs
             .iter()
-            .map(|s| Input::new(s, None, self.config.glob_ignore_case, excluded.clone()))
+            .map(|s| {
+                Input::new(
+                    s,
+                    file_type_hint,
+                    self.config.glob_ignore_case,
+                    excluded.clone(),
+                )
+            })
             .collect::<Result<_, _>>()
             .context("Cannot parse inputs from arguments")
     }
@@ -319,6 +331,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Config {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) glob_ignore_case: bool,
 
+    /// Treat the input as HTML
+    #[structopt(long)]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub(crate) html: bool,
+
     /// Output file of status report
     #[structopt(short, long, parse(from_os_str))]
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -393,6 +410,7 @@ impl Config {
             skip_missing: false;
             include_verbatim: false;
             glob_ignore_case: false;
+            html: false;
             output: None;
             require_https: false;
         }

lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{helpers, ErrorKind, Result};
 use async_stream::try_stream;
 use futures::stream::Stream;
 use glob::glob_with;
-use jwalk::WalkDir;
+use jwalk::WalkDirGeneric;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use shellexpand::tilde;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ impl Input {
                 }
                 InputSource::FsPath(ref path) => {
                     if path.is_dir() {
-                        for entry in WalkDir::new(path).skip_hidden(true)
+                        for entry in WalkDirGeneric::<((usize), (Option<FileType>))>::new(path).skip_hidden(true)
                         .process_read_dir(move |_, _, _, children| {
                             children.retain(|child| {
                                 let entry = match child.as_ref() {
@@ -224,19 +224,24 @@ impl Input {
                                 }
                                 return valid_extension(&entry.path());
                             });
+                            children.first_mut().map(|child| {
+                                if let Ok(entry) = child {
+                                    entry.client_state = self.file_type_hint;
+                                }
+                            });
                         }) {
                             let entry = entry?;
                             if entry.file_type().is_dir() {
                                 continue;
                             }
-                            let content = Self::path_content(entry.path()).await?;
+                            let content = Self::path_content(entry.path(), entry.client_state).await?;
                             yield content
                         }
                     } else {
                         if self.is_excluded_path(path) {
                             return ();
                         }
-                        let content = Self::path_content(path).await;
+                        let content = Self::path_content(path, self.file_type_hint).await;
                         match content {
                             Err(_) if skip_missing => (),
                             Err(e) => Err(e)?,
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ impl Input {
                         if self.is_excluded_path(&path) {
                             continue;
                         }
-                        let content: InputContent = Self::path_content(&path).await?;
+                        let content: InputContent = Self::path_content(&path, self.file_type_hint).await?;
                         yield content;
                     }
                     Err(e) => eprintln!("{e:?}"),
@@ -325,13 +330,19 @@ impl Input {
     /// Will return `Err` if file contents can't be read
     pub async fn path_content<P: Into<PathBuf> + AsRef<Path> + Clone>(
         path: P,
+        file_type_hint: Option<FileType>,
     ) -> Result<InputContent> {
         let path = path.into();
         let content = tokio::fs::read_to_string(&path)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| ErrorKind::ReadFileInput(e, path.clone()))?;
+        let file_type = if file_type_hint.is_none() {
+            FileType::from(&path)
+        } else {
+            file_type_hint.unwrap_or_default()
+        };
         let input_content = InputContent {
-            file_type: FileType::from(&path),
+            file_type,
             source: InputSource::FsPath(path),
             content,
         };

lychee.example.toml

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ include_verbatim = false
 # Ignore case of paths when matching glob patterns.
 glob_ignore_case = false
 
+# Treat the input as HTML.
+html = false
+
 # Exclude URLs from checking (supports regex).
 exclude = [ '.*\.github.com\.*' ]