import re def cssmin(path): with open(path, "r") as f: css = f.read() # remove comments - this will break a lot of hacks :-P css = re.sub(r"\s*/\*\s*\*/", "$$HACK1$$", css) # preserve IE<6 comment hack css = re.sub(r"/\*[\s\S]*?\*/", "", css) css = css.replace("$$HACK1$$", "/**/") # preserve IE<6 comment hack # url() doesn't need quotes css = re.sub(r'url\((["\'])([^)]*)\1\)', r"url(\2)", css) # spaces may be safely collapsed as generated content will collapse them anyway css = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", css) # shorten collapsable colors: #aabbcc to #abc css = re.sub(r"#([0-9a-f])\1([0-9a-f])\2([0-9a-f])\3(\s|;)", r"#\1\2\3\4", css) # fragment values can loose zeros css = re.sub(r":\s*0(\.\d+([cm]m|e[mx]|in|p[ctx]))\s*;", r":\1;", css) return_string = "" for rule in re.findall(r"([^{]+){([^}]*)}", css): # we don't need spaces around operators selectors = [ re.sub(r"(?<=[\[\(>+=])\s+|\s+(?=[=~^$*|>+\]\)])", r"", selector.strip()) for selector in rule[0].split(",") ] # order is important, but we still want to discard repetitions properties = {} porder = [] for prop in re.findall("(.*?):(.*?)(;|$)", rule[1]): key = prop[0].strip().lower() if key not in porder: porder.append(key) properties[key] = prop[1].strip() # output rule if it contains any declarations if properties: return_string += "%s{%s}" % ( ",".join(selectors), "".join(["%s:%s;" % (key, properties[key]) for key in porder])[:-1], ) return return_string