diff --git a/src/htmlretrieve.cpp b/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
index 73e0487..fc014ed 100644
--- a/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
+++ b/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
@@ -28,52 +28,6 @@ namespace duck {
 			}
 		}
 
-		std::string cleanHTML (std::string&& html) {
-			dropScriptTags(html);
-
-			// Initialize a Tidy document
-			TidyDoc tidyDoc = tidyCreate();
-			TidyBuffer tidyOutputBuffer = {nullptr, nullptr, 0, 0, 0};
-
-			// Configure Tidy
-			// The flags tell Tidy to output XML and disable showing warnings
-			bool configSuccess = tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyXmlOut, yes)
-				&& tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyQuiet, yes)
-				&& tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyNumEntities, yes)
-				&& tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyShowWarnings, no);
-
-			int tidyResponseCode = -1;
-
-			// Parse input
-			if (configSuccess) {
-				tidyResponseCode = tidyParseString(tidyDoc, html.c_str());
-			}
-
-			// Process HTML
-			if (tidyResponseCode >= 0)
-				tidyResponseCode = tidyCleanAndRepair(tidyDoc);
-
-			if (tidyResponseCode >= 0)
-				tidyResponseCode = tidyRunDiagnostics(tidyDoc);
-			if (tidyResponseCode > 1)
-				tidyResponseCode = (tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyForceOutput, yes) ? tidyResponseCode : -1);
-
-			// Output the HTML to our buffer
-			if (tidyResponseCode >= 0)
-				tidyResponseCode = tidySaveBuffer(tidyDoc, &tidyOutputBuffer);
-
-			// Any errors from Tidy?
-			if (tidyResponseCode < 0)
-				throw ("Tidy encountered an error while parsing an HTML response. Tidy response code: " + tidyResponseCode);
-
-			// Grab the result from the buffer and then free Tidy's memory
-			std::string tidyResult = (char*)tidyOutputBuffer.bp;
-			tidyBufFree(&tidyOutputBuffer);
-			tidyRelease(tidyDoc);
-
-			return tidyResult;
-		}
-
 		bool isHttps (const std::string& parUrl) {
 			const char protocol[] = "https://";
 			const size_t protocolLen = sizeof(protocol) / sizeof(protocol[0]) - 1;
@@ -84,6 +38,52 @@ namespace duck {
 		}
 	} //unnamed namespace
 
+	std::string cleanHTML (std::string&& html) {
+		dropScriptTags(html);
+
+		// Initialize a Tidy document
+		TidyDoc tidyDoc = tidyCreate();
+		TidyBuffer tidyOutputBuffer = {nullptr, nullptr, 0, 0, 0};
+
+		// Configure Tidy
+		// The flags tell Tidy to output XML and disable showing warnings
+		bool configSuccess = tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyXmlOut, yes)
+			&& tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyQuiet, yes)
+			&& tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyNumEntities, yes)
+			&& tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyShowWarnings, no);
+
+		int tidyResponseCode = -1;
+
+		// Parse input
+		if (configSuccess) {
+			tidyResponseCode = tidyParseString(tidyDoc, html.c_str());
+		}
+
+		// Process HTML
+		if (tidyResponseCode >= 0)
+			tidyResponseCode = tidyCleanAndRepair(tidyDoc);
+
+		if (tidyResponseCode >= 0)
+			tidyResponseCode = tidyRunDiagnostics(tidyDoc);
+		if (tidyResponseCode > 1)
+			tidyResponseCode = (tidyOptSetBool(tidyDoc, TidyForceOutput, yes) ? tidyResponseCode : -1);
+
+		// Output the HTML to our buffer
+		if (tidyResponseCode >= 0)
+			tidyResponseCode = tidySaveBuffer(tidyDoc, &tidyOutputBuffer);
+
+		// Any errors from Tidy?
+		if (tidyResponseCode < 0)
+			throw ("Tidy encountered an error while parsing an HTML response. Tidy response code: " + tidyResponseCode);
+
+		// Grab the result from the buffer and then free Tidy's memory
+		std::string tidyResult = (char*)tidyOutputBuffer.bp;
+		tidyBufFree(&tidyOutputBuffer);
+		tidyRelease(tidyDoc);
+
+		return tidyResult;
+	}
+
 	std::string getCleanHtml (const std::string& parSource, const std::string& parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw) {
 		using curl::curl_easy;
 		using curl::curl_pair;
diff --git a/src/htmlretrieve.hpp b/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
index e244b46..6aad5ba 100644
--- a/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
+++ b/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace duck {
 	using DumpRawFunc = std::function<void(const std::string&)>;
 	std::string getCleanHtml ( const std::string& parSource, const std::string& parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw=DumpRawFunc() );
 	std::string getCleanHtml ( const std::string& parSource, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw=DumpRawFunc() );
+
+	std::string cleanHTML ( std::string&& html );
 } //namespace duck
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f395f12..460960d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <memory>
 #include <functional>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <iterator>
 
 #define STRINGIZE_IMPL(s) #s
 #define STRINGIZE(s) STRINGIZE_IMPL(s)
@@ -83,6 +85,32 @@ namespace {
 		std::ostream* const os = (use_stdout ? &std::cout : ofs.get());
 		*os << parData;
 	}
+
+	std::string getCleanHtml (const std::string& parUrl, const po::variables_map& parVarMap) {
+		std::string tidyHtml;
+
+		if (isatty(fileno(stdin))) {
+			tidyHtml = duck::getCleanHtml(
+				parUrl,
+				false,
+				false,
+				(parVarMap.count("dump-raw") ?
+					std::bind(&dump_string, parVarMap["dump-raw"].as<std::string>(), std::placeholders::_1)
+				:
+					duck::DumpRawFunc()
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		else {
+			std::cin >> std::noskipws;
+			std::istream_iterator<char> it(std::cin);
+			std::istream_iterator<char> end;
+			std::string results(it, end);
+			tidyHtml = duck::cleanHTML(std::move(results));
+		}
+
+		return std::move(tidyHtml);
+	}
 } //unnamed namespace
 
 int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
@@ -97,16 +125,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	std::cout << "XPath: " << xpath << std::endl;
 #endif
 
-	const std::string tidyHtml = duck::getCleanHtml(
-		url,
-		false,
-		false,
-		(vm.count("dump-raw") ?
-			std::bind(&dump_string, vm["dump-raw"].as<std::string>(), std::placeholders::_1)
-		:
-			duck::DumpRawFunc()
-		)
-	);
+	const std::string tidyHtml(getCleanHtml(url, vm));
 	if (vm.count("dump")) {
 		dump_string(vm["dump"].as<std::string>(), tidyHtml);
 	}