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diff --git a/inputs/HTMLInput.py b/inputs/HTMLInput.py
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+from operationscore.Input import *
+import urllib, re
+
+"""
+HTML Input, which takes 2 arguments:
+- 'Src': a URL to a web page, and
+- 'Regex': a Regex to parse data out of the web page.
+The input parses the source code of the web page according to the regex, and processes the parsed regex groups.
+"""
+class HTMLInput(Input):
+    def inputInit(self):
+        self.src = self.argDict['Src']
+        self.regex = self.argDict['Regex']
+        
+    def getHTML(self):
+        self.sock = urllib.urlopen(self.src);
+        self.html = self.sock.read()
+        self.sock.close()
+
+    def sensingLoop(self):
+        self.getHTML()
+        self.dataList = []
+        
+        pattern = re.compile(self.regex)
+        matchObj = pattern.search(self.html)        
+        self.dataList = matchObj.groups()
+
+        self.respond(self.dataList)
+