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+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+var should = require("should");
+var sinon = require("sinon");
+var path = require("path");
+var fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+var htmlNode = require("../../../../nodes/core/parsers/70-HTML.js");
+var helper = require("../../helper.js");
+
+describe('html node', function() {
+
+    var resourcesDir = __dirname+ path.sep + ".." + path.sep + ".." + path.sep + ".." + path.sep + "resources" + path.sep;
+    var file = path.join(resourcesDir, "70-HTML-test-file.html");
+    
+    before(function(done) {
+        helper.startServer(done);   
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        fs.existsSync(file).should.be.true;
+    });
+    
+    afterEach(function() {
+        helper.unload();
+    });
+  
+    it('should be loaded', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"htmlNode1", type:"html", name: "htmlNode" }];
+        helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+            var htmlNode1 = helper.getNode("htmlNode1");
+            htmlNode1.should.have.property('name', 'htmlNode');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should retrieve header contents as default', function(done) {
+        fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+            var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;"},
+                        {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+            
+            helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('topic', 'bar');
+                    should.equal(msg.payload, 'This is a test page for node 70-HTML');
+                    done();
+                });
+                n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+            });          
+        });
+    });
+    
+    it('should retrieve paragraph contents when specified', function(done) {
+        fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+            var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;",tag:"p"},
+                        {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+            
+            helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('topic', 'bar');
+                    should.equal(msg.payload, 'There\'s nothing to read here.');
+                    done();
+                });
+                n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+            });          
+        });
+    });
+    
+    it('should retrieve list contents as an array of html as default', function(done) {
+        fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+            var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;",tag:"ol"},
+                        {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+            
+            helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('topic', 'bar');
+                    msg.payload[0].indexOf("<li>Blue</li>").should.be.above(-1);
+                    msg.payload[0].indexOf("<li>Red</li>").should.be.above(-1);
+                    done();
+                });
+                n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+            });          
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should retrieve list contents as an array of text', function(done) {
+        fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+            var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;",tag:"ol",ret:"text"},
+                        {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+            
+            helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('topic', 'bar');
+                    msg.payload.should.be.instanceof(Array).and.have.lengthOf(1);
+                    msg.payload[0].indexOf("Blue").should.be.above(-1);
+                    msg.payload[0].indexOf("Red").should.be.above(-1);
+                    done();
+                });
+                n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+            });          
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should log on error', function(done) {
+        fs.readFile(file,function(err, data) {
+            var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;",tag:"p"},
+                        {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+            
+            helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n1.on("log", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('msg');
+                    msg.msg.indexOf("Error:").should.be.above(-1);
+                    msg.msg.should.startWith("Error:");
+                    done();
+                });
+                n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+            });          
+        });
+    });
+    
+    describe('multiple messages', function(){
+        var cnt = 0;
+        
+        afterEach(function() {
+            cnt.should.be.exactly(2);
+            cnt = 0;
+        });
+        
+        it('should retrieve list contents as html as default with output as multiple msgs ', function(done) {
+            fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+                var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;",tag:"ul",as:"multi"},
+                            {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+                
+                helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                    var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                    var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                    n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                        cnt++;
+                        msg.should.have.property('topic', 'bar');
+                        if (cnt !== 1 && cnt !== 2) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        if (cnt === 1) {
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("<li>Apple</li>").should.be.above(-1);
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("<li>Pear</li>").should.be.above(-1);     
+                        } else if (cnt === 2) {
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("<li>Potato</li>").should.be.above(-1);
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("<li>Parsnip</li>").should.be.above(-1);
+                            done();
+                        } 
+                    });
+                    n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+                });   
+            });
+        });    
+        
+        it('should retrieve list contents as text with output as multiple msgs ', function(done) {
+            fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+                var flow = [{id:"n1",type:"html",wires:[["n2"]],func:"return msg;",tag:"ul",ret:"text",as:"multi"},
+                            {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+                
+                helper.load(htmlNode, flow, function() {
+                    var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                    var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                    n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                        cnt++;
+                        msg.should.have.property('topic', 'bar');
+                        if (cnt !== 1 && cnt !== 2) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        if (cnt === 1) {
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("Apple").should.be.above(-1);
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("Pear").should.be.above(-1);     
+                        } else if (cnt === 2) {
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("Potato").should.be.above(-1);
+                            msg.payload.indexOf("Parsnip").should.be.above(-1);
+                            done();
+                        } 
+                    });
+                    n1.receive({payload:data,topic: "bar"});
+                });          
+            });
+        });
+        
+    });
+ 
+});
diff --git a/test/resources/70-HTML-test-file.html b/test/resources/70-HTML-test-file.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<body>
+
+<h1>This is a test page for node 70-HTML</h1>
+
+<p>There's nothing to read here.</p>
+
+<ol id="colours">
+    <li>Blue</li>
+    <li>Red</li>
+</ol>
+
+<ul id="fruits">
+    <li>Apple</li>
+    <li>Pear</li>
+</ul>
+
+<ul id="vegetables">
+    <li>Potato</li>
+    <li>Parsnip</li>
+</ul>
+
+</body>
+</html>
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