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title: Install `hq` by Tom Forbes (UNOFFICIAL) on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of `hq` by Tom Forbes (UNOFFICIAL) for on Debian
  - jq, but for HTML
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/orf-hq/debian
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# Install `hq` by Tom Forbes (UNOFFICIAL) on **Debian**

# `hq` by Tom Forbes (UNOFFICIAL) (orf-hq)

[林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")

* [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/orf-hq/debian#install)

#### jq, but for HTML

**Snap-specific notes**

This snap is NOT an official distribution of hq, please refer to the
snap's own issue tracker for support: <https://github.com/brlin-tw/orf-hq-snap/issues>

You can run the following command to expose the native `hq` command
to your shell:

```
 snap alias orf-hq.hq hq
```

**Upstream project description**

`hq` reads HTML and converts it into a JSON object based on a series
of CSS selectors. The selectors are expressed in a similar way to
JSON, but where the values are CSS selectors. For example:

```
 {posts: .athing | [ {title: .titleline > a, url: .titleline > a | @(href)} ] }
```

This will select all `.athing` elements, and it will create an array
(`| [{...}]`) of objects for each element selected. Then for each
element it will select the text of the `titleline > a` element, and
the `href` attribute (`| @(href)`).

The end result is the following structure:

```
 {
   "posts": [
     {
       "title": "...",
       "url": "..."
     }
   ]
 }
```

### Package name

* orf-hq

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 16 October 2024 - latest/stable
* 16 October 2024 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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```
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```

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```
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### Install `hq` by Tom Forbes (UNOFFICIAL)

To install `hq` by Tom Forbes (UNOFFICIAL), simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install orf-hq
```

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