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Nested Object Field Names (HTML)
Control names in bracket notation - customer[name], customer[address][city], items[0][sku] - that many server frameworks explode into nested objects. The file is the reference case for a parser that has to rebuild the graph from flat name and value pairs.
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<h1>Bracket-notation field names</h1>
<p class="lead">Field names encoding an object graph in the Rails and PHP bracket dialect. SAMPLE test data only.</p>
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<div class="hp" aria-hidden="true"><label>Leave this field empty<input type="text" name="website" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off"></label></div>
<fieldset><legend>Customer</legend>
<div class="field"><label for="f-customer-name">Customer name</label><input id="f-customer-name" type="text" name="customer[name]" value="Sample Customer Ltd"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-customer-email">Customer email</label><input id="f-customer-email" type="email" name="customer[email]" value="orders@example.com"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-customer-address-line1">Address line 1</label><input id="f-customer-address-line1" type="text" name="customer[address][line1]" value="4 Sample Way"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-customer-address-city">City</label><input id="f-customer-address-city" type="text" name="customer[address][city]" value="Bristol"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-customer-address-postcode">Postcode</label><input id="f-customer-address-postcode" type="text" name="customer[address][postcode]" value="BS1 4SP"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset><legend>First line item</legend>
<div class="field"><label for="f-items-0-sku">Item 0 SKU</label><input id="f-items-0-sku" type="text" name="items[0][sku]" value="NX-1001-AB"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-items-0-qty">Item 0 quantity</label><input id="f-items-0-qty" type="number" name="items[0][qty]" min="1" step="1" value="3"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset><legend>Second line item</legend>
<div class="field"><label for="f-items-1-sku">Item 1 SKU</label><input id="f-items-1-sku" type="text" name="items[1][sku]" value="NX-1002-CD"></div>
<div class="field"><label for="f-items-1-qty">Item 1 quantity</label><input id="f-items-1-qty" type="number" name="items[1][qty]" min="1" step="1" value="1"></div>
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<p class="hint" data-locked="notice">SAMPLE test data only - nothing is submitted, uploaded, or stored.</p>
<div class="ok" role="status">The graph was read locally - nothing was sent.</div>
<div class="actions"><button type="submit" class="btn">Read the graph</button></div>
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<p class="foot">Free example form from Novus Examples · works offline, no data leaves your browser.</p>
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Specifications
- Fields
- 9
- Use Case
- software-quality
- Validation
- HTML5 native
- Honeypot
- true
- Standalone
- true
- Dependencies
- none
- Nesting Depth
- 3
- Bracket Names
- 9
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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the structural markup language of the web, using nested tags to define document content, semantics, and links. It is typically paired with CSS for presentation and JavaScript for behavior. It is the foundational format rendered by browsers.
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Use an example HTML file to test parsers, DOM construction, sanitization of untrusted markup, and rendering or scraping pipelines.
How to use this file for testing
“Nested Object Field Names (HTML)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Form testing, Form parsing, Autofill testing, HTML parsing. HTML and PDF form files for testing scrapers, autofill, validators, and PDF form fillers across real-life use cases.
Documented properties for this file: 9 fields. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
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