✅ Import Path
- html_string: A string that contains HTML.
- Returns: A plain text string with HTML tags removed.
📌 Realistic Use Cases in Odoo
from odoo.tools import text_from_html
for message in self.message_ids:
plain_body = text_from_html(message.body)
_logger.info(“Message content:\n%s”, plain_body)
This ensures clean logging without HTML formatting.
from odoo.tools import text_from_html
products = self.env[‘product.template’].search([])
for product in products:
clean_description = text_from_html(product.website_description)
# Write to CSV/Excel with clean text
Useful when generating product reports or syncing data with external systems.
Most SMS gateways require plain text. You can clean an email body before sending it via SMS:
html_body = record.body_html
sms_text = text_from_html(html_body)
sms_api.send_message(to=record.partner_id.phone, message=sms_text)
✅ Summary Table
| Function | Purpose | Use Case |
| text_from_html() | Strip HTML and return plain text | Email → SMS, Website description → clean text |
