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+const dom = require('./dom');
+
+/**
+ * Parse an HTML content into metadata about a readme
+ *
+ * @param {String} html
+ * @return {Object}
+ */
+function parseReadme(html) {
+    const $ = dom.parse(html);
+
+    return {
+        title: $('h1:first-child').text().trim(),
+        description: $('div.paragraph,p').first().text().trim()
+    };
+}
+
+module.exports = parseReadme;