# Text parser fails sometimes

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** text-parser\
**Created:** [June 18, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114 "2025-06-18T05:39:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://community.make.com/u/Mathilde_Nielsen)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/1 "2025-06-18T05:39:28Z")

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Hi,

I’m experiencing an issue with the Text Parser module. In most cases - roughly 9 out of 10 times - it works exactly as expected. However, occasionally it doesn’t produce any output at all, even though the input format appears consistent.

I’ve double-checked the regex pattern and settings (multiline and singleline enabled), and everything seems to be configured correctly.

 ![Screenshot 2025-06-17 at 22.29.55](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/b/d/bd13420e4d18d5e87dda515e1a2294703c936c2d.png)  
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**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/2 "2025-06-18T06:10:52Z")

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Welcome to the Make Community!

In those inputs that failed, it’s because they did not begin with the markdown code fence.

In a regular expression pattern, the pipe symbol represents an “OR”, but it has to be used in conjunction with groups. You are missing the brackets for the group.

```auto
( | )

```

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

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**Author:** ![Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://community.make.com/u/Mathilde_Nielsen)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/3 "2025-06-18T07:51:32Z")

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(^`html\s*([\s\S]*?)`$)|(\<!DOCTYPE html\>\s\*\<html[^\>]_\>\s_[\s\S]_?\s_\<body[^\>]_?\>)|(\</body\>\s_\</html\>)

Like this?

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**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/4 "2025-06-18T08:38:12Z")

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You can test your regular expression patterns here: [https://regex101.com](https://regex101.com)

Paste in your Pattern at the top and paste a complete/full example text you are trying to match from below it.

[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/0/d/0de696d8c69af8d7ee22b29a27a158ba7cbb1270.png)](http://regex101.com)

Then, **save** the regex example and **share the link** with us here.

This will allow others to assist you here with your pattern. Thanks!

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues. P.S.: investing some effort into the tutorials in the [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!

— @samliew

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**Author:** ![Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://community.make.com/u/Mathilde_Nielsen)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/5 "2025-06-18T17:18:23Z")

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> **[regex101: build, test, and debug regex](https://regex101.com/r/PK9Ijr/1)**
>
> Regular expression tester with syntax highlighting, explanation, cheat sheet for PHP/PCRE, Python, GO, JavaScript, Java, C#/.NET, Rust.

Tried adding it here

But the text parser does not make an output

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**Author:** ![Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://community.make.com/u/Mathilde_Nielsen)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/6 "2025-06-18T18:20:05Z")

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![Screenshot 2025-06-18 at 20.19.06](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/2/5/25fd17b23d625257c2234f8f64d665ff36651604.png)  
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It does not produce any output

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**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/7 "2025-06-19T02:46:26Z")

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> [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](#):
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> It does not produce any output

In this module, you do not need to include the pattern marker slashes `/ /` at the start and end of the pattern, as it would be included for you.

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/8 "2025-06-19T02:53:48Z")

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> [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](#):
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> Tried adding it here
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> But the text parser does not make an output

Try this pattern: [https://regex101.com/r/2yf4Yy](https://regex101.com/r/2yf4Yy)

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**Author:** ![Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](https://community.make.com/u/Mathilde_Nielsen)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/9 "2025-06-19T18:14:36Z")

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![Screenshot 2025-06-19 at 20.14.12](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/b/1/b1dde61faa1349125c87bcfd28da32d8d84fd564.png)  
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Still no output sadly.

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**Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/10 "2025-06-21T14:47:54Z")

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> [@Mathilde\_Nielsen](#):
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> Still no output sadly.

Your input text has probably changed then. The regex I linked has matches, so the only thing left is to ensure that your input text follows the same format.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues. P.S.: investing some effort into the tutorials in the [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!

— @samliew

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**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/text-parser-fails-sometimes/85114/11 "2025-09-19T14:57:02Z")

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