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HTML Issues

An HTML issue corresponds to an issue found on a given web page when being checked by the HTML validator.

Attributes

ID
Unique ID for this HTML issue.
Coordinates
Where in the document the HTML issue was found. Indicates first and last line, first and last column, and the highlighted code as start and length.
Extract
Snippet showing the affected HTML code. Use the highlight coordinates to determine the exact portion affected by the issue.
Issue Type
Error or Warning
Issue Sub Type
Optional, provides additional info on the type of the issue.
Message
Brief description of the issue.
Inserted At
Timestamp when the HTML Issue was created.
Updated At
Timestamp when the HTML Issue was last updated.

Relationships

Report
The Report that this HTML Issue belongs to.
Web Page
The Web Page that this HTML Issue belongs to.

Example

Example: HTML Issue

{
    "attributes": {
        "coordinates": {
            "first_column": 150,
            "first_line": 8,
            "hilite_length": 4,
            "hilite_start": 10,
            "last_column": 153,
            "last_line": 8
        },
        "extract": "none;left:none;right",
        "id": 64398238,
        "inserted_at": "2020-04-02T12:44:45",
        "issue_sub_type": null,
        "issue_type": "error",
        "message": "CSS: “left”: “none” is not a “left” value.",
        "updated_at": "2020-04-02T12:44:45"
    },
    "id": "64398238",
    "relationships": {
        "report": {
            "links": {
                "related": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/56b6"
            }
        },
        "web_page": {
            "links": {
                "related": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/56b6/web_pages/2884097"
            }
        }
    },
    "type": "html_issue"
}

List HTML issues on a web page

To list the HTML issues found on a web page, send a GET request to /api/v0/reports/$REPORT_ID/web_pages/$WEBPAGE_ID/html_issues.

Example: GET https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/$REPORT_ID/web_pages/$WEBPAGE_ID/html_issues

{
    "data": [
        {
            "attributes": {
                "coordinates": {
                    "first_column": 1,
                    "first_line": 1,
                    "hilite_length": 109,
                    "hilite_start": 0,
                    "last_column": 109,
                    "last_line": 1
                },
                "extract": "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd\">\n<html",
                "id": 59734815,
                "inserted_at": "2020-02-28T13:01:34",
                "message": "Obsolete doctype. Expected “<!DOCTYPE html>”.",
                "sub_type": null,
                "type": "error",
                "updated_at": "2020-02-28T13:01:34"
            },
            "id": "59734815",
            "relationships": {
                "report": {
                    "links": {
                        "related": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/9314c"
                    }
                },
                "web_page": {
                    "links": {
                        "related": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/9314c/web_pages/472"
                    }
                }
            },
            "type": "html_issue"
        },
        {
            "attributes": {
                "coordinates": {
                    "first_column": 17,
                    "first_line": 21,
                    "hilite_length": 3,
                    "hilite_start": 10,
                    "last_column": 19,
                    "last_line": 21
                },
                "extract": "  pading: 4px;\n    ",
                "id": 59734817,
                "inserted_at": "2020-02-28T13:01:34",
                "message": "CSS: “pading”: Property “pading” doesn't exist.",
                "sub_type": null,
                "type": "error",
                "updated_at": "2020-02-28T13:01:34"
            },
            "id": "59734817",
            "relationships": {
                "report": {
                    "links": {
                        "related": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/9314c"
                    }
                },
                "web_page": {
                    "links": {
                        "related": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/9314c/web_pages/472"
                    }
                }
            },
            "type": "html_issue"
        }
    ],
    "jsonapi": {
        "version": "1.0"
    },
    "links": {
        "self": "https://rocketvalidator.com/api/v0/reports/9314c/web_pages/472/html_issues?page[number]=1&page[size]=25"
    }
}