diff --git a/chandlr.cabal b/chandlr.cabal
index 9fdb7f1..e664ea3 100644
--- a/chandlr.cabal
+++ b/chandlr.cabal
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ executable chandlr
                       Component.Thread.Intro
                       Routes
                       Common.AttachmentType
+                      BodyParser
 
 
     -- LANGUAGE extensions used by modules in this package.
diff --git a/src/BodyParser.hs b/src/BodyParser.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6beed32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BodyParser.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf #-}
+
+module BodyParser
+( PostPart (..)
+, parsePostBody
+) where
+
+import Data.Maybe (catMaybes)
+import GHCJS.DOM (currentDocument)
+import GHCJS.DOM.Types
+    ( Element (..)
+    , JSString
+    , NodeList
+    , uncheckedCastTo
+    )
+import GHCJS.DOM.JSFFI.Generated.Document
+import GHCJS.DOM.JSFFI.Generated.Element
+import GHCJS.DOM.JSFFI.Generated.Node hiding (contains)
+import qualified GHCJS.DOM.JSFFI.Generated.NodeList as NodeList
+import GHCJS.DOM.JSFFI.Generated.DOMTokenList (contains)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+
+
+data PostPart
+    = SimpleText JSString
+    | PostedUrl JSString
+    | Skip
+    | Quote JSString
+        -- Quotes don't seem to be able to be spoilered
+        -- board links (which appear as quotes but start with >>>) break the tag
+    | GreenText     [ PostPart ]
+    | OrangeText    [ PostPart ]
+    | RedText       [ PostPart ]
+    | Spoiler       [ PostPart ]
+    -- you can't seem to spoiler greentext
+    | Bold          [ PostPart ]
+    | Underlined    [ PostPart ]
+    | Italics       [ PostPart ]
+    | Strikethrough [ PostPart ]
+    deriving Show
+
+
+nodeListToList :: NodeList -> IO [ Node ]
+nodeListToList l = do
+  len <- NodeList.getLength l
+  nodes <- mapM (NodeList.item l) [0..len-1]
+  return $ catMaybes nodes
+
+
+-- | Parse the HTML string and add event handlers to certain elements
+parsePostBody :: Text -> IO [ PostPart ]
+parsePostBody htmlString = do
+  Just doc <- currentDocument
+  container <- createElement doc ("div" :: Text)
+
+  -- Set the innerHTML of the container to the HTML string
+  setInnerHTML container htmlString
+
+  -- Iterate over the newly created elements in the container
+  children <- getChildNodes container
+
+  parseNodeList children
+
+
+toPostPart :: Node -> IO PostPart
+toPostPart node = do
+    node_type <- getNodeType node
+
+    toPostPart_ node_type node
+
+
+toPostPart_ :: Word -> Node -> IO PostPart
+toPostPart_ node_type node
+    | node_type == TEXT_NODE =
+        getTextContentUnchecked node >>= return . SimpleText
+    | node_type == ELEMENT_NODE = do
+        tagName :: JSString <- getTagName element
+
+        case tagName of
+          "a"      -> parseAnchor element
+          "span"   -> parseSpan element
+          "em"     -> parseEm element
+          "strong" -> parseStrong element
+          "u"      -> parseU element
+          "s"      -> parseS element
+          _        -> return $ SimpleText "Unsupported element"
+    | otherwise = return Skip
+
+    where
+        element = uncheckedCastTo Element node
+
+
+
+parseAnchor :: Element -> IO PostPart
+parseAnchor element = do
+  m_href :: Maybe JSString <- getAttribute element ("href" :: JSString)
+
+  case m_href of
+    Nothing -> return $ SimpleText "Anchor without href"
+    Just href -> do
+      target <- getAttribute element ("target" :: JSString)
+
+      case target of
+        Just ("_blank" :: JSString) -> return $ PostedUrl href
+        _ -> return $ Quote href
+
+
+parseSpan :: Element -> IO PostPart
+parseSpan element = do
+  classList <- getClassList element
+
+  quote       <- contains classList ("quote" :: JSString)
+  orangeQuote <- contains classList ("orangeQuote" :: JSString)
+  heading     <- contains classList ("heading" :: JSString)
+  spoiler     <- contains classList ("spoiler" :: JSString)
+
+  if | quote       -> parseChildNodes element >>= return . GreenText
+     | orangeQuote -> parseChildNodes element >>= return . OrangeText
+     | heading     -> parseChildNodes element >>= return . RedText
+     | spoiler     -> parseChildNodes element >>= return . Spoiler
+     | otherwise   -> return $ SimpleText "Unsupported span class"
+
+
+parseNodeList :: NodeList -> IO [PostPart]
+parseNodeList nodes = nodeListToList nodes >>= mapM toPostPart
+
+parseChildNodes :: Element -> IO [PostPart]
+parseChildNodes element = getChildNodes element >>= parseNodeList
+
+parseEm :: Element -> IO PostPart
+parseEm element
+    = parseChildNodes element
+    >>= return . Italics
+
+parseStrong :: Element -> IO PostPart
+parseStrong element
+    = parseChildNodes element
+    >>= return . Bold
+
+parseU :: Element -> IO PostPart
+parseU element
+    = parseChildNodes element
+    >>= return . Underlined
+
+parseS :: Element -> IO PostPart
+parseS element
+    = parseChildNodes element
+    >>= return . Strikethrough