Module

`text`

Extract plain text from Patitas AST nodes.

Provides a public API for extracting text content from any node type, used for heading slugs, excerpts, and LLM-safe text rendering.

Example:

>>> from patitas import parse, extract_text
>>> doc = parse("# Hello **World**")
>>> extract_text(doc.children[0])
'Hello World'

Functions

extract_text 2 str ▼

Extract plain text from any AST node. Recursively walks the tree, concatenatin…

def extract_text(node: Node, *, source: str = '') -> str

Extract plain text from any AST node.

Recursively walks the tree, concatenating text content. Skips HtmlBlock, HtmlInline. LineBreak and SoftBreak contribute a space.

Name	Type	Description
`node`	`Node`	Any AST node (block or inline).
`source`	`str`	Original source string (required for FencedCode zero-copy extraction; use empty string if unavailable). Default:`''`

str