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<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8>
<title>The Nu Html Checker (v.Nu)</title>
<link href="site/icon.png" rel="icon">
<style>
html {
background: #dde5d9 url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBAAEAIAAANra2v///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAAEAAQAAAIFTGB4xlcAOw==") repeat 0 0;
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;
}
body {
border: 1px solid #ced4ca;
background-color: #fff;
padding: 4px 25px;
margin: 20px 20% 20px 20px;
line-height: 1.75;
}
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4 {
font-weight: 400;
color: #0b5b9d;
vertical-align: top;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
h1 {
font-size: 36px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 28px;
margin-top: 24px;
}
h3 {
font-size: 22px;
margin-top: 32px;
}
h4 {
font-size: 20px;
margin-top: 22px;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #0b5b9d;
padding: 2px;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #0b5b9d;
color: #fff;
}
a:active {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #fff;
color: #000;
}
h1 a:hover {
background-color: inherit;
color: #fff;
}
.set,
.note {
background-color: #fffff0;
padding: 4px 32px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
margin-left: 2px;
margin-right: 2px;
border-radius: 6px;
}
.note {
background-color: #f1fff0;
}
.note p {
margin-top: 8px;
}
code {
background-color: #f8f8f8;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 2px 6px;
}
pre {
background-color: #f8f8f8;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 10px;
margin-right: 15%;
margin-top: 6px;
line-height: 1.2;
}
pre.aligned {
margin-left: 40px;
}
.java-class,
.java-property,
.option-value {
background-color: #ff0;
padding: 2px 6px;
}
.arg {
color: #008000;
}
.links {
text-align: center;
}
a b {
font-weight: 400;
}
li > ul {
padding-top: 6px;
padding-bottom: 8px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The Nu Html Checker (v.Nu)
<a href="https://gitter.im/validator/validator"
><img src="https://goo.gl/1kHqwI" alt="Chat room"></a>
<a href="https://github.com/validator/validator/releases/latest"
><img src="https://goo.gl/3PC2Qn" alt="Download latest"></a>
</h1>
<p>
The Nu Html Checker (v.Nu) is the backend of
<a href="https://checker.html5.org/">checker.html5.org</a>,
<a href="https://html5.validator.nu">html5.validator.nu</a>,
and
<a href="https://validator.w3.org/nu/">validator.w3.org/nu</a>.
Its
<a href="https://github.com/validator/validator">source code is available</a>,
as are
<a href="https://validator.github.io/validator/#build-instructions">instructions on how to build, test, and run the code</a>.
A
<a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/validator/validator/">Dockerfile</a>
(see the <a href="#dockerhub"><b>Pulling from Docker Hub</b></a>
section below) and
<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/vnu-jar">npm</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/svenkreiss/html5validator">pip</a>,
and
<a href="https://libraries.io/homebrew/vnu">brew</a>
packages of it are also available, and it’s released upstream in these
formats:
<ul>
<li><code>vnu.jar</code> is a portable standalone version for
<a href="https://validator.github.io/validator/#usage">batch-checking documents from the command line</a>
and from other scripts/apps, or for
<a href="https://validator.github.io/validator/#standalone">deploying the checker as a self-contained service</a>
<li><code>vnu.war</code> is for
<a href="https://validator.github.io/validator/#servlet">deploying the checker service through a servlet container such as Tomcat</a>
</ul>
<p class=note><b>Note:</b> The <var>vnu.jar</var> and <var>vnu.war</var>
files require an environment with Java 8 or above; they won’t run in
Java 7 or older environment.
<p>
You can
<a href="https://github.com/validator/validator/releases/latest">get the latest release</a>
or run
<a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/validator/validator/"><code>docker run -it --rm -p 8888:8888 validator/validator:latest</code></a>,
<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/vnu-jar"><code>npm install vnu-jar</code></a>,
<a href="https://libraries.io/homebrew/vnu"><code>brew install vnu</code></a>,
or
<a href="https://github.com/svenkreiss/html5validator"><code>pip install html5validator</code></a>
and see the
<a href="#usage"><b>Usage</b></a>
and
<a href="#web-based-checking"><b>Web-based checking</b></a>
sections below.
Or automate your document checking with a frontend such as:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/validator/grunt-html">Grunt plugin for HTML validation</a>
or
<a href="https://github.com/validator/gulp-html">Gulp plugin for HTML validation</a>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/svenkreiss/html5validator">html5validator <code>pip</code> package</a>
(for HTML checking integration in Travis CI, CircleCI, CodeShip,
<a href="https://jekyllrb.com/">Jekyll</a>,
<a href="https://blog.getpelican.com/">Pelican</a> etc.)
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/cvrebert/lmvtfy/">LMVTFY: Let Me Validate That For You</a>
(auto-check HTML of JSFiddle/JSBin etc. links in github issue comments)
</ul>
<p class=links>
<a href="#usage">Usage</a> ·
<a href="#options">Options</a> ·
<a href="#web-based-checking">Web-based checking</a>
<div class=set>
<section id=usage>
<h2>Usage</h2>
<p>Use the <code>vnu.jar</code> checker as an executable for
command-line checking of documents by invoking it like this:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar [--errors-only] [--Werror] [--exit-zero-always]
[--asciiquotes] [--user-agent USER_AGENT] [--no-langdetect]
[--no-stream] [--filterfile FILENAME] [--filterpattern PATTERN]
[--css] [--skip-non-css] [--also-check-css]
[--svg] [--skip-non-svg] [--also-check-svg]
[--html] [--skip-non-html] [--format gnu|xml|json|text]
[--help] [--verbose] [--version] FILES
</pre>
<p class=note><b>Note:</b> In these instructions, replace
<var>"~/vnu.jar"</var> with the actual path to the file on your system.
<p>To check one or more documents from the command line:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar FILE.html FILE2.html FILE3.HTML FILE4.html...
</pre>
<div class=note>
<p><b>Note:</b> If you get a <code>StackOverflowError</code>
error when using the vnu.jar file, try adjusting the thread stack size by
providing the <code>-Xss</code> option to java:</p>
<pre>
java <span class="option-value">-Xss512k</span> -jar ~/vnu.jar FILE.html...
</pre>
</div>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory as HTML:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory as HTML, but skip any
documents whose names don’t end with the extensions <code>.html</code>,
<code>.htm</code>, <code>.xhtml</code>, or <code>.xht</code>:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--skip-non-html</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory as CSS:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--force-css</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory as CSS, but skip any
documents whose names don’t end with the extension <code>.css</code>:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--skip-non-css</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory, with documents whose
names end in the extension <code>.css</code> being checked as CSS, and all
other documents being checked as HTML:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--also-check-css</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory as SVG:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--force-svg</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory as SVG, but skip any
documents whose names don’t end with the extension <code>.svg</code>:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--skip-non-svg</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check all documents in a particular directory, with documents whose
names end in the extension <code>.svg</code> being checked as SVG, and all
other documents being checked as HTML:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <span class="option-value">--also-check-svg</span> some-directory-name/
</pre>
<p>To check a Web document:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar <var>URL</var>
example: java -jar ~/vnu.jar http://example.com/foo
</pre>
<p>To check standard input:
<pre>
java -jar ~/vnu.jar -
example: echo '<!doctype html><title>...' | java -jar ~/vnu.jar -
</pre>
<h3 id="options">Options</h3>
<p>When used from the command line as described in this section, the
<code>vnu.jar</code> executable provides the following options:
<h4 id="asciiquotes">--asciiquotes</h4>
<pre>
Specifies whether ASCII quotation marks are substituted for Unicode
smart quotation marks in messages.
default: [unset; Unicode smart quotation marks are used in messages]
</pre>
<h4 id="errors-only">--errors-only</h4>
<pre>
Specifies that only error-level messages and non-document-error messages
are reported (so that warnings and info messages are not reported).
default: [unset; all message reported, including warnings & info messages]
</pre>
<h4 id="Werror">--Werror</h4>
<pre>
Makes the checker exit non-zero if any warnings are encountered (even if
there are no errors).
default: [unset; checker exits zero if only warnings are encountered]
</pre>
<h4 id="exit-zero-always">--exit-zero-always</h4>
<pre>
Makes the checker exit zero even if errors are reported for any documents.
default: [unset; checker exits 1 if errors are reported for any documents]
</pre>
<h4 id="filterfile">--filterfile <var>FILENAME</var></h4>
<pre>
Specifies a filename. Each line of the file contains either a regular
expression or starts with "#" to indicate the line is a comment. Any error
message or warning message that matches a regular expression in the file is
filtered out (dropped/suppressed).
default: [unset; checker does no message filtering]
</pre>
<h4 id="filterpattern">--filterpattern <var>REGEXP</var></h4>
<pre>
Specifies a regular expression. Any error message or warning message that
matches the regular expression is filtered out (dropped/suppressed).
As with all other <code>vnu.jar</code> options, this option may only be
specified once. So to filter multiple error messages or warning messages,
you must provide a single regular expression that will match all the
messages. The typical way to do that for regular expressions is to OR
multiple patterns together using the "<code>|</code>" character.
default: [unset; checker does no message filtering]
</pre>
<h4 id="format">--format <var>format</var></h4>
<pre>
Specifies the output format for reporting the results.
default: <span class=option-value>"gnu"</span>
possible values: <span class=option-value>"gnu"</span>, <span class=option-value>"xml"</span>, <span class=option-value>"json"</span>, <span class=option-value>"text"</span> [see information at URL below]
https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Service-%C2%BB-Common-params#out
</pre>
<h4 id="help">--help</h4>
<pre>
Shows detailed usage information.
</pre>
<h4 id="skip-non-css">--skip-non-css</h4>
<pre>
Check documents as CSS but skip documents that don’t have *.css extensions.
default: [unset; all documents found are checked]
</pre>
<h4 id="css">--css</h4>
<pre>
Force all documents to be checked as CSS, regardless of extension.
default: [unset]
</pre>
<h4 id="skip-non-svg">--skip-non-svg</h4>
<pre>
Check documents as SVG but skip documents that don’t have *.svg extensions.
default: [unset; all documents found are checked]
</pre>
<h4 id="svg">--svg</h4>
<pre>
Force all documents to be checked as SVG, regardless of extension.
default: [unset]
</pre>
<h4 id="skip-non-html">--skip-non-html</h4>
<pre>
Skip documents that don’t have *.html, *.htm, *.xhtml, or *.xht extensions.
default: [unset; all documents found are checked, regardless of extension]
</pre>
<h4 id="html">--html</h4>
<pre>
Forces any *.xhtml or *.xht documents to be parsed using the HTML parser.
default: [unset; XML parser is used for *.xhtml and *.xht documents]
</pre>
<h4 id="also-check-css">--also-check-css</h4>
<pre>
Check CSS documents (in addition to checking HTML documents).
default: [unset; no documents are checked as CSS]
</pre>
<h4 id="also-check-svg">--also-check-svg</h4>
<pre>
Check SVG documents (in addition to checking HTML documents).
default: [unset; no documents are checked as SVG]
</pre>
<h4 id="user-agent">--user-agent <var>USER_AGENT</var></h4>
<pre>
Specifies the value of the <code>User-Agent</code> request header to send when
checking HTTPS/HTTP URLs.
default: <span class=option-value>"Validator.nu/LV"</span>
</pre>
<h4 id="no-langdetect">--no-langdetect</h4>
<pre>
Disables language detection, so that documents are not checked for missing
or mislabeled <code>html[lang]</code> attributes.
default: [unset; language detection & <code>html[lang]</code> checking are performed]
</pre>
<h4 id="no-stream">--no-stream</h4>
<pre>
Forces all documents to be be parsed in buffered mode instead of streaming
mode (causes some parse errors to be treated as non-fatal document errors
instead of as fatal document errors).
default: [unset; non-streamable parse errors cause fatal document errors]
</pre>
<h4 id="verbose">--verbose</h4>
<pre>
Specifies "verbose" output. (Currently this just means that the names of
files being checked are written to stdout.)
default: [unset; output is not verbose]
</pre>
<h4 id="version">--version</h4>
<pre>
Shows the <code>vnu.jar</code> version number.
</pre>
</section>
</div>
<h2 id="web-based-checking">Web-based checking with vnu.war or vnu.jar</h2>
<p>The Nu Html Checkerーalong with being usable as
<a href="https://validator.github.io/validator/#usage">a standalone command-line client</a>ーcan
be run as an HTTP service, similar to
<a href="https://checker.html5.org/">checker.html5.org</a>,
<a href="https://html5.validator.nu/">html5.validator.nu</a>,
and
<a href="https://validator.w3.org/nu/">validator.w3.org/nu</a>,
for browser-based checking of HTML documents over
the Web.
To that end, the checker is released as two separate packages:
<ul>
<li><code>vnu.jar</code> for
<a href="#standalone">deploying the checker as a simple self-contained service</a>
<li><code>vnu.war</code> for
<a href="#servlet">deploying the checker to a servlet container such as Tomcat</a>
</ul>
<p>
Both deployments expose a REST API that enables checking of HTML
documents from other clients, not just web browsers. And the
<code>vnu.jar</code> package also includes
<a href="#http-client">a simple HTTP client</a> that enables you to
either send documents to a locally-running instance of the checker HTTP
serviceーfor fast command-line checkingーor to any remote instance of the
checker HTTP service running anywhere on the Web.
<p>
The
<a href="https://github.com/validator/validator/releases/latest" >latest releases of the vnu.jar and vnu.war packages</a>
are available from the <code>validator</code> project at github.
The following are detailed instructions on using them.
<p class=note><b>Note:</b> Replace
<var>"~/vnu.jar"</var> or <var>"~/vnu.war"</var> below
with the actual paths to those files on your system.
<p class=links>
<a href="#standalone">Standalone</a> ·
<a href="#servlet">Servlet</a> ·
<a href="#http-client">Client</a> ·
<a href="#http-client-options">Options</a>
<div class=set>
<section id=standalone>
<h3>Standalone web server</h3>
<p>To run the checker as a standalone service (using a built-in
Jetty server), open a new terminal window and invoke <code>vnu.jar</code>
like this:
<pre>
java -cp ~/vnu.jar <span class=java-class>nu.validator.servlet.Main</span> <span class=arg>8888</span>
</pre>
<p>Then open
<a href="http://localhost:8888">http://localhost:8888</a>
in a browser. (To have the checker listen on a different port,
replace <code class=arg>8888</code> with the port number.)
<p>You’ll see a form similar to
<a href="https://validator.w3.org/nu/">validator.w3.org/nu</a>
that allows you to enter the URL of an HTML document and have the
results for that document displayed in the browser.
<div class=note>
<p><b>Note:</b> If you get a <code>StackOverflowError</code>
error when using the vnu.jar file, try adjusting the thread stack size by
providing the <code>-Xss</code> option to java:
<pre>
java <span class="option-value">-Xss512k</span> -cp ~/vnu.jar nu.validator.servlet.Main 8888
</pre>
</div>
</section>
<section id=servlet>
<h3>Deployment to servlet container</h3>
<p>To run the checker inside of an existing servlet container
such as Apache Tomcat you will need to deploy the <code>vnu.war</code>
file to that server following its documentation.
For example, on Apache Tomcat you could do this using
the <a href="https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/manager-howto.html">Manager</a> application or simply by copying the file to
the <code>webapps</code> directory
(since that is the default <code>appBase</code> setting).
Typically you would see a message similar to the following
in the <code>catalina.out</code> log file.
<pre>
May 7, 2014 4:42:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/vnu.war
</pre>
<p>Assuming your servlet container is configured to receive HTTP
requests sent to <code>localhost</code> on port <code>80</code>
and the context root of this application is <code>vnu</code>
(often the default behavior is to use the WAR file's filename
as the context root unless one is explicitly specified)
you should be able to access the application by connecting
to <a href="http://localhost/vnu/">http://localhost/vnu/</a>.
<div class=note>
<p>
<b>Note:</b> You may want to customize the
<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code> file inside the WAR file (you can use any
ZIP-handling program) to modify the servlet filter configuration.
For example, if you wanted to disable the inbound-size-limit filter,
you could comment out that filter like this:
<pre>
<!--
<filter>
<filter-name>inbound-size-limit-filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>nu.validator.servlet.InboundSizeLimitFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>inbound-size-limit-filter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
--></pre>
</div>
</section>
<section id=http-client>
<h3>HTTP client (for fast command-line checking)</h3>
<p>You can also use <code>vnu.jar</code> from the command line to
either send documents to a locally-running instance of the checker HTTP
serviceーfor fast command-line checkingーor to a remote instance
anywhere on the Web.
<p>
To check documents locally, do this:
<ol>
<li>Start up the checker as a local HTTP service, as described in the
<a href="#standalone">Standalone web server</a>
section.
<li>Open a new terminal window and invoke <code>vnu.jar</code> like this:
<pre>
java -cp ~/vnu.jar <span class=java-class>nu.validator.client.HttpClient</span> FILE.html...
</pre>
</ol>
To send documents to an instance of the checker on the Web, such as
<a href="https://html5.validator.nu/">html5.validator.nu/</a>,
use the
<a href="#nuvalidatorclienthost">nu.validator.client.host</a>
and
<a href="#nuvalidatorclientport">nu.validator.client.port</a>
options, like this:
<pre class=aligned>
java -cp ~/vnu.jar <span class=java-property>-Dnu.validator.client.port=80</span> \
<span class=java-property>-Dnu.validator.client.host=html5.validator.nu</span> \
nu.validator.client.HttpClient FILE.html...
</pre>
<p>Other options are documented below.
<h3 id="http-client-options">HTTP client options</h3>
<p>When using <code>vnu.jar</code> for sending documents to an instance
of the checker HTTP service for checking, you can set Java system
properties to control configuration options for the checker behavior.
<p>For example, you can suppress warning-level messages and only
show error-level ones by setting the value of the
<code>nu.validator.client.level</code> system property to
<code>error</code>, like this:
<pre class=aligned>
java <span class=java-property>-Dnu.validator.client.level=error</span>\
-cp ~/vnu.jar nu.validator.client.HttpClient FILE.html...
</pre>
<p>Most of the properties listed below map to the validator.nu common input
parameters documented at
<a href="https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Service-%C2%BB-Common-params"
>github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Service:-Common-parameters</a>.
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclienthost">nu.validator.client.host</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the hostname of the checker for the client to connect to.
default: <span class=option-value>"127.0.0.1"</span>
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientport">nu.validator.client.port</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the hostname of the checker for the client to connect to.
default: <span class=option-value>"8888"</span>
example: java -Dnu.validator.client.port=8080 -jar ~/vnu.jar FILE.html
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientlevel">nu.validator.client.level</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the severity level of messages to report; to
suppress warning-level messages, and only show error-level ones, set
this property to "error".
default: [unset]
possible values: <span class=option-value>"error"</span>
example: java -Dnu.validator.client.level=error -jar ~/vnu.jar FILE.html
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientparser">nu.validator.client.parser</h4>
<pre>
Specifies which parser to use.
default: <span class=option-value>"html"</span>; or, for *.xhtml input files, <span class=option-value>"xml"</span>
possible values: [see information at URL below]
https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Service-%C2%BB-Common-params#parser
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientcharset">nu.validator.client.charset</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the encoding of the input document.
default: [unset]
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientcontent-type">nu.validator.client.content-type</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the content-type of the input document.
default: <span class=option-value>"text/html"</span>; or, for *.xhtml files, <span class=option-value>"application/xhtml+xml"</span>
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientout">nu.validator.client.out</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the output format for messages.
default: "gnu"
possible values: [see information at URL below]
https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Service-%C2%BB-Common-params#out
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorclientasciiquotes">nu.validator.client.asciiquotes</h4>
<pre>
Specifies whether ASCII quotation marks are substituted for Unicode
smart quotation marks in messages.
default: "yes"
possible values: "yes" or "no"
</pre>
<h3 id="http-servlet-options">HTTP servlet options</h3>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorservletconnectiontimeout">nu.validator.servlet.connection-timeout</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the connection timeout.
default: 5000
possible values: number of milliseconds
example: -Dnu.validator.servlet.connection-timeout=5000
</pre>
<h4 id="nuvalidatorservletsockettimeout">nu.validator.servlet.socket-timeout</h4>
<pre>
Specifies the socket timeout.
default: 5000
possible values: number of milliseconds
example: -Dnu.validator.servlet.socket-timeout=5000
</pre>
</section>
</div>
<section id="dockerhub">
<h2>Pulling from Docker Hub</h2>
<p>
You can pull the checker from the
<a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/validator/validator/">https://hub.docker.com/r/validator/validator/</a>
repo at Docker Hub.
<div class=set>
<p>To pull and run the latest version of the checker:</p>
<pre>
docker run -it --rm -p 8888:8888 validator/validator:latest
</pre>
<p>To pull and run a specific Docker-Hub tag/version of the checker —
for example, the <code>17.11.1</code> version:</p>
<pre>
docker run -it --rm -p 8888:8888 validator/validator:17.11.1
</pre>
<p>To run the checker with a connection timeout and socket timeout
different than the default 5 seconds, use the
<code>CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS</code> and
<code>SOCKET_TIMEOUT_SECONDS</code> environment variables:</p>
<pre>
docker run -it --rm \
<span class=option-value>-e CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=15</span> \
<span class=option-value>-e SOCKET_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=15</span> \
-p 8888:8888 \
validator/validator
</pre>
<p>
To define a service named <code>vnu</code> for use with <code>docker
compose</code>, create a Compose file named <code>docker-compose.yml</code>
(for example), with contents such as the following:</p>
<pre>
version: '2'
services:
vnu:
image: validator/validator
ports:
- "8888:8888"
network_mode: "host" #so "localhost" refers to the host machine.
</pre>
</div>
</section>
<section id="build-instructions">
<h2>Build instructions</h2>
<p>
Follow the steps below to build, test, and run the checker such that you can open
<code>http://localhost:8888/</code> in a Web browser to use the checker Web UI.
<div class=set>
<ol>
<li>Make sure you have git, python, and JDK 8 or above installed.
<li>Set the <code>JAVA_HOME</code> environment variable:
<pre>export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64 <-- Ubuntu, etc.</pre>
<pre>export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) <-- MacOS</pre>
<li>Create a working directory:
<pre>git clone https://github.com/validator/validator.git</pre>
<li>Change into your working directory:
<pre>cd validator</pre>
<li>Start the build script:
<pre>python ./build/build.py all</pre>
<p class=note>
The first time you run the build script, you’ll need to be online and the
build will need time to download several megabytes of dependencies.
</li>
</ol>
<p>
The steps above will build, test, and run the checker such that you can open
<code>http://localhost:8888/</code> in a Web browser to use the checker Web UI.
<p>
Use <code>python ./build/build.py --help</code> to see command-line options for controlling the
behavior of the script, as well as build-target names you can call separately; e.g.:
<ul>
<li><code>python ./build/build.py build</code> (to build only)
<li><code>python ./build/build.py build test</code> (to build and test)
<li><code>python ./build/build.py run</code> (to run only)
<li><code>python ./build/build.py jar</code> (to compile <code>vnu.jar</code>)
</ul>
</div>
</section>