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webscout/scout/core.py

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+"""
+Scout - The next-gen web scraping library! 🚀
+A powerful, flexible, and performant HTML parsing library.
+Enhanced with advanced features and intelligent parsing.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import re
+import warnings
+import json
+import hashlib
+import unicodedata
+import os
+import requests
+from markdownify import MarkdownConverter
+import concurrent.futures
+import urllib.parse
+from collections import Counter, defaultdict
+from typing import Union, List, Dict, Optional, Callable, Any, Tuple, Iterator, Set
+
+from .parsers.html_parser import HTMLParser
+from .parsers.lxml_parser import LXMLParser
+from .parsers.html5lib_parser import HTML5Parser
+from .element import Tag, NavigableString
+from .utils import decode_markup
+
+class ScoutTextAnalyzer:
+    """
+    Advanced text analysis and processing utility.
+    """
+    @staticmethod
+    def tokenize(text: str, lowercase=True, remove_punctuation=True) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Tokenize text into words.
+        
+        Args:
+            text (str): Input text
+            lowercase (bool, optional): Convert to lowercase
+            remove_punctuation (bool, optional): Remove punctuation
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[str]: List of tokens
+        """
+        if lowercase:
+            text = text.lower()
+        
+        if remove_punctuation:
+            text = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', text)
+        
+        return text.split()
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def count_words(text: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+        """
+        Count word frequencies.
+        
+        Args:
+            text (str): Input text
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, int]: Word frequency dictionary
+        """
+        return dict(Counter(ScoutTextAnalyzer.tokenize(text)))
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def extract_entities(text: str) -> Dict[str, Set[str]]:
+        """
+        Extract named entities from text.
+        
+        Args:
+            text (str): Input text
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Set[str]]: Extracted entities
+        """
+        entities = {
+            'emails': set(re.findall(r'\b[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z|a-z]{2,}\b', text)),
+            'urls': set(re.findall(r'https?://\S+', text)),
+            'phones': set(re.findall(r'\b\d{3}[-.]?\d{3}[-.]?\d{4}\b', text)),
+            'dates': set(re.findall(r'\b\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{2,4}\b', text))
+        }
+        return entities
+
+class ScoutWebAnalyzer:
+    """
+    Advanced web content analysis utility.
+    """
+    @staticmethod
+    def analyze_page_structure(scout_obj: 'Scout') -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Analyze the structure of a web page.
+        
+        Args:
+            scout_obj (Scout): Parsed Scout object
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Page structure analysis
+        """
+        analysis = {
+            'tag_distribution': {},
+            'class_distribution': {},
+            'id_distribution': {},
+            'depth_analysis': {}
+        }
+        
+        # Tag distribution
+        for tag in scout_obj.find_all():
+            analysis['tag_distribution'][tag.name] = analysis['tag_distribution'].get(tag.name, 0) + 1
+        
+        # Class distribution
+        for tag in scout_obj.find_all(attrs={'class': True}):
+            for cls in tag.get('class', []):
+                analysis['class_distribution'][cls] = analysis['class_distribution'].get(cls, 0) + 1
+        
+        # ID distribution
+        for tag in scout_obj.find_all(attrs={'id': True}):
+            analysis['id_distribution'][tag.get('id')] = analysis['id_distribution'].get(tag.get('id'), 0) + 1
+        
+        # Depth analysis
+        def _analyze_depth(tag, current_depth=0):
+            analysis['depth_analysis'][current_depth] = analysis['depth_analysis'].get(current_depth, 0) + 1
+            for child in tag.contents:
+                if isinstance(child, Tag):
+                    _analyze_depth(child, current_depth + 1)
+        
+        _analyze_depth(scout_obj._soup)
+        
+        return analysis
+
+class ScoutSearchResult:
+    """
+    Represents a search result with advanced querying capabilities.
+    Enhanced with more intelligent filtering and processing.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, results: List[Tag]):
+        """
+        Initialize a search result collection.
+        
+        Args:
+            results (List[Tag]): List of matching tags
+        """
+        self._results = results
+    
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._results)
+    
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Tag]:
+        return iter(self._results)
+    
+    def __getitem__(self, index: Union[int, slice]) -> Union[Tag, List[Tag]]:
+        return self._results[index]
+    
+    def texts(self, separator=' ', strip=True) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Extract texts from all results.
+        
+        Args:
+            separator (str, optional): Text separator
+            strip (bool, optional): Strip whitespace
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[str]: List of extracted texts
+        """
+        return [tag.get_text(separator, strip) for tag in self._results]
+    
+    def attrs(self, attr_name: str) -> List[Any]:
+        """
+        Extract a specific attribute from all results.
+        
+        Args:
+            attr_name (str): Attribute name to extract
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Any]: List of attribute values
+        """
+        return [tag.get(attr_name) for tag in self._results]
+    
+    def filter(self, predicate: Callable[[Tag], bool]) -> 'ScoutSearchResult':
+        """
+        Filter results using a predicate function.
+        
+        Args:
+            predicate (Callable[[Tag], bool]): Filtering function
+        
+        Returns:
+            ScoutSearchResult: Filtered search results
+        """
+        return ScoutSearchResult([tag for tag in self._results if predicate(tag)])
+    
+    def map(self, transform: Callable[[Tag], Any]) -> List[Any]:
+        """
+        Transform results using a mapping function.
+        
+        Args:
+            transform (Callable[[Tag], Any]): Transformation function
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Any]: Transformed results
+        """
+        return [transform(tag) for tag in self._results]
+    
+    def analyze_text(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Perform text analysis on search results.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Text analysis results
+        """
+        texts = self.texts(strip=True)
+        full_text = ' '.join(texts)
+        
+        return {
+            'total_results': len(self._results),
+            'word_count': ScoutTextAnalyzer.count_words(full_text),
+            'entities': ScoutTextAnalyzer.extract_entities(full_text)
+        }
+
+class ScoutCrawler:
+    """
+    Advanced web crawling utility for Scout library.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, base_url: str, max_depth: int = 3, max_pages: int = 50):
+        """
+        Initialize the web crawler.
+        
+        Args:
+            base_url (str): Starting URL to crawl
+            max_depth (int, optional): Maximum crawl depth
+            max_pages (int, optional): Maximum number of pages to crawl
+        """
+        self.base_url = base_url
+        self.max_depth = max_depth
+        self.max_pages = max_pages
+        self.visited_urls = set()
+        self.crawled_pages = []
+        
+    def _is_valid_url(self, url: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if a URL is valid and within the same domain.
+        
+        Args:
+            url (str): URL to validate
+        
+        Returns:
+            bool: Whether the URL is valid
+        """
+        try:
+            parsed_base = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.base_url)
+            parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+            
+            return (
+                parsed_url.scheme in ['http', 'https'] and
+                parsed_base.netloc == parsed_url.netloc and
+                len(self.visited_urls) < self.max_pages
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+    
+    def _crawl_page(self, url: str, depth: int = 0) -> Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]:
+        """
+        Crawl a single page and extract information.
+        
+        Args:
+            url (str): URL to crawl
+            depth (int, optional): Current crawl depth
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]: Crawled page information
+        """
+        if depth > self.max_depth or url in self.visited_urls:
+            return {}
+        
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            
+            scout = Scout(response.text, features='lxml')
+            
+            page_info = {
+                'url': url,
+                'title': scout.find('title').get_text() if scout.find('title') else '',
+                'links': [
+                    urllib.parse.urljoin(url, link.get('href')) 
+                    for link in scout.find_all('a', href=True) 
+                    if self._is_valid_url(urllib.parse.urljoin(url, link.get('href')))
+                ],
+                'text': scout.get_text(),
+                'markdown': scout.to_markdown()
+            }
+            
+            self.visited_urls.add(url)
+            self.crawled_pages.append(page_info)
+            
+            return page_info
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error crawling {url}: {e}")
+            return {}
+    
+    def crawl(self) -> List[Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]]:
+        """
+        Start web crawling from base URL.
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]]: List of crawled pages
+        """
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10) as executor:
+            futures = {executor.submit(self._crawl_page, self.base_url, 0)}
+            
+            while futures:
+                done, futures = concurrent.futures.wait(
+                    futures, return_when=concurrent.futures.FIRST_COMPLETED
+                )
+                
+                for future in done:
+                    page_info = future.result()
+                    
+                    for link in page_info.get('links', []):
+                        if link not in self.visited_urls:
+                            futures.add(
+                                executor.submit(
+                                    self._crawl_page, 
+                                    link, 
+                                    self.visited_urls.count(self.base_url) + 1
+                                )
+                            )
+        
+        return self.crawled_pages
+
+class Scout:
+    """
+    Scout - Making web scraping a breeze! 🌊
+    A comprehensive HTML parsing and traversal library.
+    Enhanced with advanced features and intelligent parsing.
+    """
+    
+    # Available parsers - choose your weapon! ⚔️
+    PARSERS = {
+        'html.parser': HTMLParser,
+        'lxml': LXMLParser,
+        'html5lib': HTML5Parser,
+        'lxml-xml': LXMLParser,  # For XML parsing
+    }
+    
+    def __init__(self, markup="", features='html.parser', from_encoding=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Initialize Scout with HTML content.
+        
+        Args:
+            markup (str): HTML content to parse
+            features (str): Parser to use ('html.parser', 'lxml', 'html5lib', 'lxml-xml')
+            from_encoding (str): Source encoding (if known)
+            **kwargs: Additional parsing options
+        """
+        # Intelligent markup handling
+        self.markup = self._preprocess_markup(markup, from_encoding)
+        self.features = features
+        self.from_encoding = from_encoding
+        
+        # Get the right parser for the job
+        if features not in self.PARSERS:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid parser '{features}'! Choose from: {', '.join(self.PARSERS.keys())}"
+            )
+        
+        parser_class = self.PARSERS[features]
+        self.parser = parser_class()
+        
+        # Parse that HTML! 🎯
+        self._soup = self.parser.parse(self.markup)
+        
+        # BeautifulSoup-like attributes
+        self.name = self._soup.name if hasattr(self._soup, 'name') else None
+        self.attrs = self._soup.attrs if hasattr(self._soup, 'attrs') else {}
+        
+        # Advanced parsing options
+        self._cache = {}
+        
+        # Text and web analyzers
+        self.text_analyzer = ScoutTextAnalyzer()
+        self.web_analyzer = ScoutWebAnalyzer()
+    
+    def normalize_text(self, text: str, form='NFKD') -> str:
+        """
+        Normalize text using Unicode normalization.
+        
+        Args:
+            text (str): Input text
+            form (str, optional): Normalization form
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Normalized text
+        """
+        return unicodedata.normalize(form, text)
+    
+    def url_parse(self, url: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """
+        Parse and analyze a URL.
+        
+        Args:
+            url (str): URL to parse
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, str]: Parsed URL components
+        """
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+        return {
+            'scheme': parsed.scheme,
+            'netloc': parsed.netloc,
+            'path': parsed.path,
+            'params': parsed.params,
+            'query': parsed.query,
+            'fragment': parsed.fragment
+        }
+    
+    def analyze_page_structure(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Analyze the structure of the parsed page.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Page structure analysis
+        """
+        return self.web_analyzer.analyze_page_structure(self)
+    
+    def analyze_text(self, text: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Perform advanced text analysis.
+        
+        Args:
+            text (str, optional): Text to analyze. If None, uses page text.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Text analysis results
+        """
+        if text is None:
+            text = self.get_text()
+        
+        return {
+            'word_count': self.text_analyzer.count_words(text),
+            'entities': self.text_analyzer.extract_entities(text),
+            'tokens': self.text_analyzer.tokenize(text)
+        }
+    
+    def extract_semantic_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Extract semantic information from the document.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Semantic information
+        """
+        semantic_info = {
+            'headings': {
+                'h1': [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all('h1')],
+                'h2': [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all('h2')],
+                'h3': [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all('h3')]
+            },
+            'lists': {
+                'ul': [ul.find_all('li') for ul in self.find_all('ul')],
+                'ol': [ol.find_all('li') for ol in self.find_all('ol')]
+            },
+            'tables': {
+                'count': len(self.find_all('table')),
+                'headers': [table.find_all('th') for table in self.find_all('table')]
+            }
+        }
+        return semantic_info
+    
+    def cache(self, key: str, value: Any = None) -> Any:
+        """
+        Manage a cache for parsed content.
+        
+        Args:
+            key (str): Cache key
+            value (Any, optional): Value to cache
+        
+        Returns:
+            Any: Cached value or None
+        """
+        if value is not None:
+            self._cache[key] = value
+        return self._cache.get(key)
+    
+    def hash_content(self, method='md5') -> str:
+        """
+        Generate a hash of the parsed content.
+        
+        Args:
+            method (str, optional): Hashing method
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Content hash
+        """
+        hash_methods = {
+            'md5': hashlib.md5,
+            'sha1': hashlib.sha1,
+            'sha256': hashlib.sha256
+        }
+        
+        if method not in hash_methods:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported hash method: {method}")
+        
+        hasher = hash_methods[method]()
+        hasher.update(str(self._soup).encode('utf-8'))
+        return hasher.hexdigest()
+    
+    def extract_links(self, base_url: Optional[str] = None) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
+        """
+        Extract all links from the document.
+        
+        Args:
+            base_url (str, optional): Base URL for resolving relative links
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Dict[str, str]]: List of link dictionaries
+        """
+        links = []
+        for link in self.find_all(['a', 'link']):
+            href = link.get('href')
+            if href:
+                # Resolve relative URLs if base_url is provided
+                if base_url and not href.startswith(('http://', 'https://', '//')):
+                    href = f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/{href.lstrip('/')}"
+                
+                links.append({
+                    'href': href,
+                    'text': link.get_text(strip=True),
+                    'rel': link.get('rel', [None])[0],
+                    'type': link.get('type')
+                })
+        return links
+    
+    def extract_metadata(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Extract metadata from HTML document.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Extracted metadata
+        """
+        metadata = {
+            'title': self.find('title').get_text() if self.find('title') else None,
+            'description': self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'description'}).get('content') if self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'description'}) else None,
+            'keywords': self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'keywords'}).get('content', '').split(',') if self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'keywords'}) else [],
+            'og_metadata': {},
+            'twitter_metadata': {}
+        }
+        
+        # Open Graph metadata
+        for meta in self.find_all('meta', attrs={'property': re.compile(r'^og:')}):
+            key = meta.get('property')[3:]
+            metadata['og_metadata'][key] = meta.get('content')
+        
+        # Twitter Card metadata
+        for meta in self.find_all('meta', attrs={'name': re.compile(r'^twitter:')}):
+            key = meta.get('name')[8:]
+            metadata['twitter_metadata'][key] = meta.get('content')
+        
+        return metadata
+    
+    def to_json(self, indent=2) -> str:
+        """
+        Convert parsed content to JSON.
+        
+        Args:
+            indent (int, optional): JSON indentation
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: JSON representation of the document
+        """
+        def _tag_to_dict(tag):
+            if isinstance(tag, NavigableString):
+                return str(tag)
+            
+            result = {
+                'name': tag.name,
+                'attrs': tag.attrs,
+                'text': tag.get_text(strip=True)
+            }
+            
+            if tag.contents:
+                result['children'] = [_tag_to_dict(child) for child in tag.contents]
+            
+            return result
+        
+        return json.dumps(_tag_to_dict(self._soup), indent=indent)
+    
+    def find(self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find the first matching element.
+        
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            recursive (bool, optional): Search recursively
+            text (str, optional): Text content to match
+        
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching element
+        """
+        result = self._soup.find(name, attrs, recursive, text, **kwargs)
+        return ScoutSearchResult([result]) if result else ScoutSearchResult([])
+    
+    def find_all(self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs) -> ScoutSearchResult:
+        """
+        Find all matching elements.
+        
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            recursive (bool, optional): Search recursively
+            text (str, optional): Text content to match
+            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
+        
+        Returns:
+            ScoutSearchResult: List of matching elements
+        """
+        results = self._soup.find_all(name, attrs, recursive, text, limit, **kwargs)
+        return ScoutSearchResult(results)
+    
+    def find_parent(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Find the first parent matching given criteria.
+        
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+        
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching parent
+        """
+        current = self._soup.parent
+        while current:
+            if (name is None or current.name == name) and \
+               all(current.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
+                return current
+            current = current.parent
+        return None
+    
+    def find_parents(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Find all parents matching given criteria.
+        
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching parents
+        """
+        parents = []
+        current = self._soup.parent
+        while current and (limit is None or len(parents) < limit):
+            if (name is None or current.name == name) and \
+               all(current.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
+                parents.append(current)
+            current = current.parent
+        return parents
+    
+    def find_next_sibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Find the next sibling matching given criteria.
+        
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+        
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching next sibling
+        """
+        if not self._soup.parent:
+            return None
+        
+        siblings = self._soup.parent.contents
+        try:
+            current_index = siblings.index(self._soup)
+            for sibling in siblings[current_index + 1:]:
+                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
+                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and \
+                       all(sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
+                        return sibling
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return None
+    
+    def find_next_siblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Find all next siblings matching given criteria.
+        
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching next siblings
+        """
+        if not self._soup.parent:
+            return []
+        
+        siblings = []
+        siblings_list = self._soup.parent.contents
+        try:
+            current_index = siblings_list.index(self._soup)
+            for sibling in siblings_list[current_index + 1:]:
+                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
+                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and \
+                       all(sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
+                        siblings.append(sibling)
+                        if limit and len(siblings) == limit:
+                            break
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return siblings
+    
+    def select(self, selector: str) -> List[Tag]:
+        """
+        Select elements using CSS selector.
+        
+        Args:
+            selector (str): CSS selector string
+        
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching elements
+        """
+        return self._soup.select(selector)
+    
+    def select_one(self, selector: str) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Select the first element matching the CSS selector.
+        
+        Args:
+            selector (str): CSS selector string
+        
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching element
+        """
+        return self._soup.select_one(selector)
+    
+    def get_text(self, separator=' ', strip=False, types=None) -> str:
+        """
+        Extract all text from the parsed document.
+        
+        Args:
+            separator (str, optional): Text separator
+            strip (bool, optional): Strip whitespace
+            types (list, optional): Types of content to extract
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Extracted text
+        """
+        return self._soup.get_text(separator, strip, types)
+    
+    def prettify(self, formatter='minimal') -> str:
+        """
+        Return a formatted, pretty-printed version of the HTML.
+        
+        Args:
+            formatter (str, optional): Formatting style
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Prettified HTML
+        """
+        return self._soup.prettify(formatter)
+    
+    def decompose(self, tag: Tag = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove a tag and its contents from the document.
+        
+        Args:
+            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to remove. If None, removes the root tag.
+        """
+        if tag is None:
+            tag = self._soup
+        tag.decompose()
+    
+    def extract(self, tag: Tag = None) -> Tag:
+        """
+        Remove a tag from the document and return it.
+        
+        Args:
+            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to extract. If None, extracts the root tag.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Tag: Extracted tag
+        """
+        if tag is None:
+            tag = self._soup
+        return tag.extract()
+    
+    def clear(self, tag: Tag = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove a tag's contents while keeping the tag itself.
+        
+        Args:
+            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to clear. If None, clears the root tag.
+        """
+        if tag is None:
+            tag = self._soup
+        tag.clear()
+    
+    def replace_with(self, old_tag: Tag, new_tag: Tag) -> None:
+        """
+        Replace one tag with another.
+        
+        Args:
+            old_tag (Tag): Tag to replace
+            new_tag (Tag): Replacement tag
+        """
+        old_tag.replace_with(new_tag)
+    
+    def encode(self, encoding='utf-8') -> bytes:
+        """
+        Encode the document to a specific encoding.
+        
+        Args:
+            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
+        
+        Returns:
+            bytes: Encoded document
+        """
+        return str(self._soup).encode(encoding)
+    
+    def decode(self, encoding='utf-8') -> str:
+        """
+        Decode the document from a specific encoding.
+        
+        Args:
+            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Decoded document
+        """
+        return str(self._soup)
+    
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        """
+        String representation of the parsed document.
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: HTML content
+        """
+        return str(self._soup)
+    
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Detailed representation of the Scout object.
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Scout object description
+        """
+        return f"Scout(features='{self.features}', content_length={len(self.markup)})"
+
+    def _preprocess_markup(self, markup: str, encoding: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+        """
+        Preprocess markup before parsing.
+        
+        Args:
+            markup (str): Input markup
+            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Preprocessed markup
+        """
+        # Decode markup
+        decoded_markup = decode_markup(markup, encoding)
+        
+        # Basic HTML cleaning
+        # Remove comments, normalize whitespace, etc.
+        decoded_markup = re.sub(r'<!--.*?-->', '', decoded_markup, flags=re.DOTALL)
+        decoded_markup = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', decoded_markup)
+        
+        return decoded_markup
+
+    def to_markdown(self, heading_style='ATX') -> str:
+        """
+        Convert HTML to Markdown.
+        
+        Args:
+            heading_style (str, optional): Markdown heading style
+        
+        Returns:
+            str: Markdown representation of the document
+        """
+        converter = MarkdownConverter(heading_style=heading_style)
+        return converter.convert(str(self._soup))