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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/scalpel.cabal b/scalpel.cabal
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+name:                scalpel
+version:             0.1.0
+synopsis:            A high level web scraping library for Haskell.
+description:
+    Scalpel is a web scraping library inspired by libraries like Parsec and
+    Perl's Web::Scraper Scalpel builds on top of TagSoup to provide a
+    declarative and monadic interface.
+homepage:            https://github.com/fimad/scalpel
+license:             Apache-2.0
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Will Coster
+maintainer:          willcoster@gmail.com
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/fimad/scalpel.git
+
+source-repository this
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/fimad/scalpel.git
+  tag:      0.1.0
+
+library
+  other-extensions:
+          FlexibleInstances
+      ,   FunctionalDependencies
+  other-modules:
+          Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape
+      ,   Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape.StringLike
+      ,   Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape.URL
+      ,   Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select
+      ,   Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Combinators
+      ,   Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Types
+  exposed-modules:
+      Text.HTML.Scalpel
+  hs-source-dirs:   src/
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+  build-depends:
+          base          >= 4.6 && < 5
+      ,   bytestring
+      ,   download-curl
+      ,   regex-base
+      ,   regex-tdfa
+      ,   tagsoup       >= 0.8
+      ,   text
+  default-extensions:
+          OverloadedStrings
+      ,   ParallelListComp
+      ,   PatternGuards
+  ghc-options: -W
+
+test-suite lib-tests
+  type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is:          TestMain.hs
+  hs-source-dirs:   src/, tests/
+  build-depends:
+          base          >= 4.6 && < 5
+      ,   bytestring
+      ,   download-curl
+      ,   HUnit
+      ,   regex-base
+      ,   regex-tdfa
+      ,   tagsoup       >= 0.8
+      ,   text
+  default-extensions:
+          ParallelListComp
+      ,   PatternGuards
+  ghc-options: -W
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel.hs
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+-- |
+-- Scalpel is a web scraping library inspired by libraries like parsec and
+-- Perl's <http://search.cpan.org/~miyagawa/Web-Scraper-0.38/ Web::Scraper>.
+-- Scalpel builds on top of "Text.HTML.TagSoup" to provide a declarative and
+-- monadic interface.
+--
+-- There are two general mechanisms provided by this library that are used to
+-- build web scrapers: Selectors and Scrapers.
+--
+--
+-- Selectors describe a location within an HTML DOM tree. The simplest selector,
+-- that can be written is a simple string value. For example, the selector
+-- @\"div\"@ matches every single div node in a DOM. Selectors can be combined
+-- using tag combinators. The '//' operator to define nested relationships
+-- within a DOM tree. For example, the selector @\"div\" \/\/ \"a\"@ matches all
+-- anchor tags nested arbitrarily deep within a div tag.
+--
+-- In addition to describing the nested relationships between tags, selectors
+-- can also include predicates on the attributes of a tag. The '@:' operator
+-- creates a selector that matches a tag based on the name and various
+-- conditions on the tag's attributes. An attribute predicate is just a function
+-- that takes an attribute and returns a boolean indicating if the attribute
+-- matches a criteria. There are several attribute operators that can be used
+-- to generate common predicates. The '@=' operator creates a predicate that
+-- matches the name and value of an attribute exactly. For example, the selector
+-- @\"div\" \@: [\"id\" \@= \"article\"]@ matches div tags where the id
+-- attribute is equal to @\"article\"@.
+--
+--
+-- Scrapers are values that are parameterized over a selector and produce
+-- a value from an HTML DOM tree. The 'Scraper' type takes two type parameters.
+-- The first is the string like type that is used to store the text values
+-- within a DOM tree. Any string like type supported by "Text.StringLike" is
+-- valid. The second type is the type of value that the scraper produces.
+--
+-- There are several scraper primitives that take selectors and extract content
+-- from the DOM. Each primitive defined by this library comes in two variants:
+-- singular and plural. The singular variants extract the first instance
+-- matching the given selector, while the plural variants match every instance.
+--
+--
+-- The following is an example that demonstrates most of the features provided
+-- by this library. Supposed you have the following hypothetical HTML located at
+-- @\"http://example.com/article.html\"@ and you would like to extract a list of
+-- all of the comments.
+--
+-- > <html>
+-- >   <body>
+-- >     <div class='comments'>
+-- >       <div class='comment container'>
+-- >         <span class='comment author'>Sally</span>
+-- >         <div class='comment text'>Woo hoo!</div>
+-- >       </div>
+-- >       <div class='comment container'>
+-- >         <span class='comment author'>Bill</span>
+-- >         <img class='comment image' src='http://example.com/cat.gif' />
+-- >       </div>\
+-- >       <div class='comment container'>
+-- >         <span class='comment author'>Susan</span>
+-- >         <div class='comment text'>WTF!?!</div>
+-- >       </div>
+-- >     </div>
+-- >   </body>
+-- > </html>
+--
+-- The following snippet defines a function, @allComments@, that will download
+-- the web page, and extract all of the comments into a list:
+--
+-- > type Author = String
+-- >
+-- > data Comment
+-- >     = TextComment Author String
+-- >     | ImageComment Author URL
+-- >
+-- > allComments :: IO (Maybe [Comments])
+-- > allComments = scrapeURL "http://example.com/article.html" comments
+-- >    where
+-- >        comments :: Scraper String [Comment]
+-- >        comments = chroots ("div" @: [hasClass "container"]) comment
+-- >
+-- >        comment :: Scraper String Comment
+-- >        comment = textComment <|> imageComment
+-- >
+-- >        textComment :: Scraper String Comment
+-- >        textComment = do
+-- >            author      <- text $ "span" @: [hasClass "author"]
+-- >            commentText <- text $ "div"  @: [hasClass "text"]
+-- >            return $ TextComment author commentText
+-- >
+-- >        imageComment :: Scraper String Comment
+-- >        imageComment = do
+-- >            author   <- text       $ "span" @: [hasClass "author"]
+-- >            imageURL <- attr "src" $ "img"  @: [hasClass "image"]
+-- >            return $ ImageComment author imageURL
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel (
+-- * Selectors
+    Selector
+,   Selectable (..)
+,   AttributePredicate
+,   AttributeName
+,   TagName
+-- ** Wildcards
+,   Any (..)
+-- ** Tag combinators
+,   (//)
+-- ** Attribute predicates
+,   (@:)
+,   (@=)
+,   (@=~)
+,   hasClass
+-- ** Executing selectors
+,   select
+
+-- * Scrapers
+,   Scraper
+-- ** Primitives
+,   attr
+,   attrs
+,   text
+,   texts
+,   chroot
+,   chroots
+-- ** Executing scrapers
+,   scrape
+,   scrapeStringLike
+,   URL
+,   scrapeURL
+) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape.StringLike
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape.URL
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Combinators
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Types
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Scrape.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Scrape.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape (
+    Scraper (..)
+,   attr
+,   attrs
+,   text
+,   texts
+,   chroot
+,   chroots
+) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Types
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.Maybe
+
+import qualified Text.HTML.TagSoup as TagSoup
+import qualified Text.StringLike as TagSoup
+
+
+-- | A value of 'Scraper' @a@ defines a web scraper that is capable of consuming
+-- a list of 'TagSoup.Tag's and optionally producing a value of type @a@.
+newtype Scraper str a = MkScraper {
+        -- | The 'scrape' function executes a 'Scraper' on a list of
+        -- 'TagSoup.Tag's and produces an optional value.
+        scrape :: [TagSoup.Tag str] -> Maybe a
+    }
+
+instance Functor (Scraper str) where
+    fmap f (MkScraper a) = MkScraper $ fmap (fmap f) a
+
+instance Applicative (Scraper str) where
+    pure = MkScraper . const . Just
+    (MkScraper f) <*> (MkScraper a) = MkScraper applied
+        where applied tags | (Just aVal) <- a tags = ($ aVal) <$> f tags
+                           | otherwise             = Nothing
+
+instance Alternative (Scraper str) where
+    empty = MkScraper $ const Nothing
+    (MkScraper a) <|> (MkScraper b) = MkScraper choice
+        where choice tags | (Just aVal) <- a tags = Just aVal
+                          | otherwise             = b tags
+
+instance Monad (Scraper str) where
+    return = pure
+    (MkScraper a) >>= f = MkScraper combined
+        where combined tags | (Just aVal) <- a tags = let (MkScraper b) = f aVal
+                                                      in  b tags
+                            | otherwise             = Nothing
+
+-- | The 'chroot' function takes a selector and an inner scraper and executes
+-- the inner scraper as if it were scraping a document that consists solely of
+-- the tags corresponding to the selector.
+--
+-- This function will match only the first set of tags matching the selector, to
+-- match every set of tags, use 'chroots'.
+chroot :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s)
+       => s -> Scraper str a -> Scraper str a
+chroot selector (MkScraper inner) = MkScraper
+                                  $ join . (inner <$>)
+                                  . listToMaybe . select selector
+
+-- | The 'chroots' function takes a selector and an inner scraper and executes
+-- the inner scraper as if it were scraping a document that consists solely of
+-- the tags corresponding to the selector. The inner scraper is executed for
+-- each set of tags matching the given selector.
+chroots :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s)
+        => s -> Scraper str a -> Scraper str [a]
+chroots selector (MkScraper inner) = MkScraper
+                                   $ return . catMaybes
+                                   . map inner . select selector
+
+-- | The 'text' function takes a selector and returns the inner text from the
+-- set of tags described by the given selector.
+--
+-- This function will match only the first set of tags matching the selector, to
+-- match every set of tags, use 'texts'.
+text :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s) => s -> Scraper str str
+text s = MkScraper $ withHead tagsToText . select s
+
+-- | The 'texts' function takes a selector and returns the inner text from every
+-- set of tags matching the given selector.
+texts :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s) => s -> Scraper str [str]
+texts s = MkScraper $ withAll tagsToText . select s
+
+-- | The 'attr' function takes an attribute name and a selector and returns the
+-- value of the attribute of the given name for the first opening tag that
+-- matches the given selector.
+--
+-- This function will match only the opening tag matching the selector, to match
+-- every tag, use 'attrs'.
+attr :: (Show str, TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s)
+     => str -> s -> Scraper str str
+attr name s = MkScraper $ join . withHead (tagsToAttr name) . select s
+
+-- | The 'attrs' function takes an attribute name and a selector and returns the
+-- value of the attribute of the given name for every opening tag that matches
+-- the given selector.
+attrs :: (Show str, TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s)
+     => str -> s -> Scraper str [str]
+attrs name s = MkScraper $ fmap catMaybes . withAll (tagsToAttr name) . select s
+
+withHead :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> Maybe b
+withHead _ []    = Nothing
+withHead f (x:_) = Just $ f x
+
+withAll :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> Maybe [b]
+withAll _ [] = Nothing
+withAll f xs = Just $ map f xs
+
+tagsToText :: TagSoup.StringLike str => [TagSoup.Tag str] -> str
+tagsToText = TagSoup.innerText
+
+tagsToAttr :: (Show str, TagSoup.StringLike str)
+           => str -> [TagSoup.Tag str] -> Maybe str
+tagsToAttr attr tags = do
+    tag <- listToMaybe tags
+    guard $ TagSoup.isTagOpen tag
+    return $ TagSoup.fromAttrib attr tag
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Scrape/StringLike.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Scrape/StringLike.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape.StringLike (
+    scrapeStringLike
+) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape
+
+import qualified Text.HTML.TagSoup as TagSoup
+import qualified Text.StringLike as TagSoup
+
+
+-- | The 'scrapeStringLike' function parses a 'StringLike' value into a list of
+-- tags and executes a 'Scraper' on it.
+scrapeStringLike :: TagSoup.StringLike str => str -> Scraper str a -> Maybe a
+scrapeStringLike html scraper = scrape scraper (TagSoup.parseTags html)
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Scrape/URL.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Scrape/URL.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape.URL (
+    URL
+,   scrapeURL
+) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Scrape
+
+import Control.Applicative
+
+import qualified Network.Curl.Download as Curl
+import qualified Text.StringLike as TagSoup
+
+
+type URL = String
+
+-- | The 'scrapeURL' function downloads the contents of the given URL and
+-- executes a 'Scraper' on it.
+scrapeURL :: TagSoup.StringLike str => URL -> Scraper str a -> IO (Maybe a)
+scrapeURL url scraper = (eitherToMaybeA . toStr) <$> Curl.openAsTags url
+    where eitherToMaybeA = either (const Nothing) (scrape scraper)
+          toStr = (((TagSoup.castString <$>) <$>) <$>)
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select (
+    select
+) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Types
+
+import Data.List
+
+import qualified Text.HTML.TagSoup as TagSoup
+import qualified Text.StringLike as TagSoup
+
+
+-- | The 'select' function takes a 'Selectable' value and a list of
+-- 'TagSoup.Tag's and returns a list of every subsequence of the given list of
+-- Tags that matches the given selector.
+select :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str s)
+       => s -> [TagSoup.Tag str] -> [[TagSoup.Tag str]]
+select s = selectNodes nodes
+    where (MkSelector nodes) = toSelector s
+
+selectNodes :: TagSoup.StringLike str
+            => [SelectNode str] -> [TagSoup.Tag str] -> [[TagSoup.Tag str]]
+selectNodes nodes tags = head' $ reverse $ results
+    where results = [concatMap (selectNode s) ts | s  <- nodes
+                                                 | ts <- [tags] : results]
+          head' []    = []
+          head' (x:_) = x
+
+selectNode :: TagSoup.StringLike str
+           => SelectNode str -> [TagSoup.Tag str] -> [[TagSoup.Tag str]]
+selectNode (SelectNode node attributes) tags = concatMap extractTagBlock nodes
+    where nodes = filter (checkTag node attributes) $ tails tags
+selectNode (SelectAny attributes) tags = concatMap extractTagBlock nodes
+    where nodes = filter (checkPreds attributes) $ tails tags
+
+-- Given a tag name and a list of attribute predicates return a function that
+-- returns true if a given tag matches the supplied name and predicates.
+checkTag :: TagSoup.StringLike str
+          => str -> [AttributePredicate str] -> [TagSoup.Tag str] -> Bool
+checkTag name preds tags@((TagSoup.TagOpen str _):_)
+    = name == str && checkPreds preds tags
+checkTag _ _ _ = False
+
+checkPreds :: TagSoup.StringLike str
+            => [AttributePredicate str] -> [TagSoup.Tag str] -> Bool
+checkPreds preds ((TagSoup.TagOpen _ attrs):_)
+    = and [or [p attr | attr <- attrs] | p <- preds]
+checkPreds _ _ = False
+
+-- Given a list of tags, return the prefix that of the tags up to the closing
+-- tag that corresponds to the initial tag.
+extractTagBlock :: TagSoup.StringLike str
+                => [TagSoup.Tag str] -> [[TagSoup.Tag str]]
+extractTagBlock [] = []
+extractTagBlock (openTag : tags)
+    | not $ TagSoup.isTagOpen openTag = []
+    | otherwise                       = map (openTag :)
+                                      $ splitBlock (getTagName openTag) 0 tags
+
+splitBlock _    _       []                          = []
+splitBlock name depth  (tag : tags)
+    | depth == 0 && TagSoup.isTagCloseName name tag = [[tag]]
+    | TagSoup.isTagCloseName name tag = tag_ $ splitBlock name (depth - 1) tags
+    | TagSoup.isTagOpenName name tag  = tag_ $ splitBlock name (depth + 1) tags
+    | otherwise                       = tag_ $ splitBlock name depth tags
+    where tag_ = map (tag :)
+
+getTagName :: TagSoup.StringLike str => TagSoup.Tag str -> str
+getTagName (TagSoup.TagOpen name _) = name
+getTagName (TagSoup.TagClose name)  = name
+getTagName _                        = undefined
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select/Combinators.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select/Combinators.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select/Combinators.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Combinators (
+    (//)
+,   (@:)
+,   (@=)
+,   (@=~)
+,   hasClass
+) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Types
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Text.Regex.Base.RegexLike as RE
+import qualified Text.StringLike as TagSoup
+
+
+-- | The '@:' operator creates a 'Selector' by combining a 'TagName' with a list
+-- of 'AttributePredicate's.
+(@:) :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, TagName str tag)
+     => tag -> [AttributePredicate str] -> Selector str
+(@:) tag attrs = MkSelector [toSelectNode tag attrs]
+infixl 9 @:
+
+-- | The '@=' operator creates an 'AttributePredicate' that will match
+-- attributes with the given name and value.
+--
+-- If you are attempting to match a specific class of a tag with potentially
+-- multiple classes, you should use the 'hasClass' utility function.
+(@=) :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, AttributeName str key)
+     => key -> str -> AttributePredicate str
+(@=) key value (attrKey, attrValue) =  matchKey key attrKey
+                                    && value == attrValue
+infixl 6 @=
+
+-- | The '@=~' operator creates an 'AttributePredicate' that will match
+-- attributes with the given name and whose value matches the given regular
+-- expression.
+(@=~) :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, AttributeName str key, RE.RegexLike re str)
+      => key -> re -> AttributePredicate str
+(@=~) key re (attrKey, attrValue) =  matchKey key attrKey
+                                  && RE.matchTest re attrValue
+infixl 6 @=~
+
+-- | The '//' operator creates an 'Selector' by nesting one 'Selector' in
+-- another. For example, @"div" // "a"@ will create a 'Selector' that matches
+-- anchor tags that are nested arbitrarily deep within a div tag.
+(//) :: (TagSoup.StringLike str, Selectable str a, Selectable str b)
+    => a -> b -> Selector str
+(//) a b = MkSelector (as ++ bs)
+    where (MkSelector as) = toSelector a
+          (MkSelector bs) = toSelector b
+infixl 5 //
+
+-- | The classes of a tag are defined in HTML as a space separated list given by
+-- the @class@ attribute. The 'hasClass' function will match a @class@ attribute
+-- if the given class appears anywhere in the space separated list of classes.
+hasClass :: TagSoup.StringLike str => str -> AttributePredicate str
+hasClass clazz (attrName, classes)
+    | "class" == TagSoup.toString attrName = any (== textClass) classList
+    | otherwise                            = False
+    where textClass   = TagSoup.castString clazz
+          textClasses = TagSoup.castString classes
+          classList   = T.split (== ' ') textClasses
diff --git a/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select/Types.hs b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select/Types.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Text/HTML/Scalpel/Internal/Select/Types.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
+module Text.HTML.Scalpel.Internal.Select.Types (
+    Selector (..)
+,   Selectable (..)
+,   AttributePredicate
+,   Any (..)
+,   AttributeName (..)
+,   TagName (..)
+
+,   SelectNode (..)
+) where
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
+import qualified Text.HTML.TagSoup as TagSoup
+
+
+-- | The 'Selectable' class defines a class of types that are capable of being
+-- cast into a 'Selector' which in turns describes a section of an HTML DOM
+-- tree.
+class Selectable str s | s -> str where
+    toSelector :: s -> Selector str
+
+-- | The 'AttributeName' class defines a class of types that can be used when
+-- creating 'Selector's to specify the name of an attribute of a tag.
+--
+-- The most basic types of 'AttributeName' are the string like types (e.g.
+-- 'String', 'T.Text', etc). Values of these types refer to attributes with
+-- names of that value.
+--
+-- In addition there is also the 'Any' type which will match any attribute name.
+class AttributeName str k | k -> str where
+    matchKey :: k -> str -> Bool
+
+-- | The 'TagName' class defines a class of types that can be used when creating
+-- 'Selector's to specify the name of a tag.
+--
+-- The most basic types of 'TagName' are the string like types (e.g.  'String',
+-- 'T.Text', etc). Values of these types refer to tags of the given value.
+--
+-- In addition there is also the 'Any' type which will match any tag.
+class TagName str t | t -> str where
+    toSelectNode :: t -> [AttributePredicate str] -> SelectNode str
+
+-- | An 'AttributePredicate' is a method that takes a 'TagSoup.Attribute' and
+-- returns a 'Bool' indicating if the given attribute matches a predicate.
+type AttributePredicate str = TagSoup.Attribute str -> Bool
+
+-- | 'Any' can be used as a wildcard when constructing selectors to match tags
+-- and attributes with any name.
+--
+-- For example, the selector @Any \@: [Any \@= \"foo\"]@ matches all tags that
+-- have any attribute where the value is @\"foo\"@.
+data Any str = Any
+
+-- | 'Selector' defines a selection of an HTML DOM tree to be operated on by
+-- a web scraper. The selection includes the opening tag that matches the
+-- selection, all of the inner tags, and the corresponding closing tag.
+newtype Selector str = MkSelector [SelectNode str]
+
+data SelectNode str = SelectNode str [AttributePredicate str]
+                    | SelectAny [AttributePredicate str]
+
+instance Selectable str (Selector str) where
+    toSelector = id
+
+instance Selectable String String where
+    toSelector node = MkSelector [SelectNode node []]
+
+instance Selectable BS.ByteString BS.ByteString where
+    toSelector node = MkSelector [SelectNode node []]
+
+instance Selectable LBS.ByteString LBS.ByteString where
+    toSelector node = MkSelector [SelectNode node []]
+
+instance Selectable T.Text T.Text where
+    toSelector node = MkSelector [SelectNode node []]
+
+instance Selectable LT.Text LT.Text where
+    toSelector node = MkSelector [SelectNode node []]
+
+instance Selectable str (Any str) where
+    toSelector = const (MkSelector [SelectAny []])
+
+instance AttributeName str (Any str) where
+    matchKey = const . const True
+
+instance AttributeName String String where
+    matchKey = (==)
+
+instance AttributeName BS.ByteString BS.ByteString where
+    matchKey = (==)
+
+instance AttributeName LBS.ByteString LBS.ByteString where
+    matchKey = (==)
+
+instance AttributeName T.Text T.Text where
+    matchKey = (==)
+
+instance AttributeName LT.Text LT.Text where
+    matchKey = (==)
+
+instance TagName str (Any str) where
+    toSelectNode = const SelectAny
+
+instance TagName String String where
+    toSelectNode = SelectNode
+
+instance TagName BS.ByteString BS.ByteString where
+    toSelectNode = SelectNode
+
+instance TagName LBS.ByteString LBS.ByteString where
+    toSelectNode = SelectNode
+
+instance TagName T.Text T.Text where
+    toSelectNode = SelectNode
+
+instance TagName LT.Text LT.Text where
+    toSelectNode = SelectNode
diff --git a/tests/TestMain.hs b/tests/TestMain.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestMain.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+module Main (main) where
+
+import Text.HTML.Scalpel
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import System.Exit
+import Test.HUnit
+
+import qualified Text.HTML.TagSoup as TagSoup
+import qualified Text.Regex.TDFA
+
+
+main = exit . failures =<< runTestTT (TestList [
+        scrapeTests
+    ,   selectTests
+    ])
+
+exit :: Int -> IO ()
+exit 0 = exitSuccess
+exit n = exitWith $ ExitFailure n
+
+selectTests = "selectTests" ~: TestList [
+        selectTest
+            ("a" @: [])
+            "<a>foo</a>"
+            ["<a>foo</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [])
+            "<a>foo</a><a>bar</a>"
+            ["<a>foo</a>", "<a>bar</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [])
+            "<b><a>foo</a></b>"
+            ["<a>foo</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [])
+            "<a><a>foo</a></a>"
+            ["<a><a>foo</a></a>", "<a>foo</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("b" @: [])
+            "<a>foo</a>"
+            []
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [])
+            "<a>foo"
+            []
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: ["key" @= "value"])
+            "<a>foo</a><a key=value>bar</a>"
+            ["<a key=value>bar</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" // "b" @: [] // "c")
+            "<a><b><c>foo</c></b></a>"
+            ["<c>foo</c>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" // "b")
+            "<c><a><b>foo</b></a></c><c><a><d><b>bar</b></d></a></c><b>baz</b>"
+            ["<b>foo</b>", "<b>bar</b>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [hasClass "a"])
+            "<a class='a b'>foo</a>"
+            ["<a class='a b'>foo</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [hasClass "c"])
+            "<a class='a b'>foo</a>"
+            []
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: ["key" @=~ re "va(foo|bar|lu)e"])
+            "<a key=value>foo</a>"
+            ["<a key=value>foo</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [Any @= "value"])
+            "<a foo=value>foo</a><a bar=value>bar</a>"
+            ["<a foo=value>foo</a>", "<a bar=value>bar</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            ("a" @: [Any @= "value"])
+            "<a foo=other>foo</a><a bar=value>bar</a>"
+            ["<a bar=value>bar</a>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            (Any @: [Any @= "value"])
+            "<a foo=value>foo</a><b bar=value>bar</b>"
+            ["<a foo=value>foo</a>", "<b bar=value>bar</b>"]
+
+    ,   selectTest
+            (Any @: [Any @= "value"])
+            "<a foo=other>foo</a><b bar=value>bar</b>"
+            ["<b bar=value>bar</b>"]
+    ]
+
+selectTest :: Selectable String s => s -> String -> [String] -> Test
+selectTest selector tags expectedText = label ~: expected @=? actual
+    where
+        label  = "select (" ++ show tags ++ ")"
+        expected = map TagSoup.parseTags expectedText
+        actual = select selector (TagSoup.parseTags tags)
+
+re :: String -> Text.Regex.TDFA.Regex
+re = Text.Regex.TDFA.makeRegex
+
+scrapeTests = "scrapeTests" ~: TestList [
+        scrapeTest
+            "<a>foo</a>"
+            (Just "foo")
+            (text "a")
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a>foo</a><a>bar</a>"
+            (Just "foo")
+            (text "a")
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a>foo</a><a>bar</a>"
+            (Just ["foo", "bar"])
+            (texts "a")
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a>foo</a><a>bar</a>"
+            (Just [True, False])
+            (map (== "foo") <$> (texts $ "a"))
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a key=foo />"
+            (Just "foo")
+            (attr "key" $ "a")
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a key1=foo/><b key1=bar key2=foo /><a key1=bar key2=baz />"
+            (Just "baz")
+            (attr "key2" $ "a" @: ["key1" @= "bar"])
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a><b>foo</b></a><b>bar</b>"
+            (Just ["foo"])
+            (chroot "a" $ texts "b")
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a><b>foo</b></a><a><b>bar</b></a>"
+            (Just ["foo", "bar"])
+            (chroots "a" $ text "b")
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a><b>foo</b></a><a><c>bar</c></a>"
+            (Just "foo")
+            ((text $ "a" // "b") <|> (text $ "a" // "c"))
+
+    ,   scrapeTest
+            "<a><b>foo</b></a><a><c>bar</c></a>"
+            (Just "bar")
+            ((text $ "a" // "d") <|> (text $ "a" // "c"))
+    ]
+
+scrapeTest :: (Eq a, Show a) => String -> Maybe a -> Scraper String a -> Test
+scrapeTest html expected scraper = label ~: expected @=? actual
+    where
+        label  = "scrape (" ++ show html ++ ")"
+        actual = scrape scraper (TagSoup.parseTags html)
