Add text just before the closing tag using Nokogiri

[Yuri Levenhagen]

I'm using a Nokogiri based helper to truncate text without breaking HTML
tags.

require "rubygems"
require "nokogiri"

module TextHelper

def truncate_html(text, max_length, ellipsis = "...")
ellipsis_length = ellipsis.length
doc = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse text
content_length = doc.inner_text.length
actual_length = max_length - ellipsis_length
content_length > actual_length ?
doc.truncate(actual_length).inner_html + ellipsis : text.to_s
end

end

module NokogiriTruncator
module NodeWithChildren
def truncate(max_length)
return self if inner_text.length <= max_length
truncated_node = self.dup
truncated_node.children.remove

self.children.each do |node|
remaining_length = max_length - truncated_node.inner_text.length
break if remaining_length <= 0
truncated_node.add_child node.truncate(remaining_length)
end
truncated_node
end
end

module TextNode
def truncate(max_length)
Nokogiri::XML::Text.new(content[0..(max_length - 1)], parent)
end
end

end

Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.send(:include,
NokogiriTruncator::NodeWithChildren)
Nokogiri::XML::Element.send(:include,
NokogiriTruncator::NodeWithChildren)
Nokogiri::XML::Text.send(:include, NokogiriTruncator::TextNode)
On the line content_length > actual_length ?
doc.truncate(actual_length).inner_html + ellipsis : text.to_s it appends
the ellipse just after the last tag.

On my view I call <%= truncate_html(news.parsed_body, 700, "... Read
more.").html_safe %>

The issue is that the text that is being parsed is wrapped in <p></p>
tags, causing the view to break.

"Lorem Ipsum</p>
... Read More"
So I'd like to ask if anyone knows how to append the ellipse just before
the last closing </p> tag using Nokogiri, so the final output turns

"Loren Ipsum... Read More</p>

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