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[Web.Html:]UPDATED

Inserts HTML from a web page or from direct content.

Purpose

Inserts HTML from a web page (using url and xPath) or renders HTML directly from a content parameter.

Compatibility

The macro can be used in the highlighted input document types only. A greyed-out icon indicates not supported.

Recent Updates

[ 2026-01-22 ]

Added the 'content' parameter for direct HTML content rendering.

Parameters (4)

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Filtering & Sorting (1)

Parameter	Type	Presence	Purpose	Options	Default
xPath	String	Conditional	The XPath for the web page element to extract. Required together with 'url' if 'content' is not provided. Due to the way macros are specified, XPath square brackets ([]) should be replaced with curly brackets ({}) and double quotes (") should be replaced with single quotes (') or backticks (`).	N/A	N/A

General (3)

Parameter	Type	Presence	Purpose	Options	Default
content	String	Conditional	HTML content to render directly. If provided, 'url' and 'xPath' are not required. Use back-ticks around the value if it contains special characters. This is NOT supported in PowerPoint (which does not support HTML rendering).	N/A	N/A
url	String	Conditional	The URL that provides the HTML source. Required together with 'xPath' if 'content' is not provided.	N/A	N/A
userAgent	String	Optional	An optional User Agent string to send with the HTTP request. Only used when 'url' is provided. Some websites may require this to be set.	N/A	N/A

Examples (3)

Example 1

Inserts HTML from a variable containing HTML content:

[Web.Html: content={=HtmlSnippet}]

Example 2

Inserts HTML contained in the main article on Wikipedia's United Nations page:

[Web.Html: url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations", xPath="//*{@id=`mw-content-text`}"]

Example 3

Insert the HTML specified by the content parameter:

[: `<div style="" dir="auto" data-top-level="true"><p style="margin:0;">These are custom purchase <u>terms</u>.</p><p style="margin:0;">These are custom purchase terms.</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>These</strong> <strong>are custom purchase terms.</strong></p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>These are custom purchase terms.</strong></p><ul><li><p style="margin:0;">These are <em>custom</em> purchase terms</p></li><li><p style="margin:0;">These are custom purchase terms</p></li></ul></div>`, =>HtmlSnippet]
[Web.Html: content={=HtmlSnippet}]