def tidy_html(html_buffer, cleaning_lib='utidylib'):
    """
    Tidy up the input HTML using one of the installed cleaning
    libraries.

    @param html_buffer: the input HTML to clean up
    @type html_buffer: string
    @param cleaning_lib: chose the preferred library to clean the HTML. One of:
                         - utidylib
                         - beautifulsoup
    @return: a cleaned version of the input HTML
    @note: requires uTidylib or BeautifulSoup to be installed. If the chosen library is missing, the input X{html_buffer} is returned I{as is}.
    """

    if CFG_TIDY_INSTALLED and cleaning_lib == 'utidylib':
        options = dict(output_xhtml=1,
                       show_body_only=1,
                       merge_divs=0,
                       wrap=0)
        try:
            output = str(tidy.parseString(html_buffer, **options))
        except:
            output = html_buffer
    elif CFG_BEAUTIFULSOUP_INSTALLED and cleaning_lib == 'beautifulsoup':
        try:
            output = str(BeautifulSoup(html_buffer).prettify())
        except:
            output = html_buffer
    else:
        output = html_buffer

    return output
Tidy up the input HTML using one of the installed cleaning
    libraries.

    @param html_buffer: the input HTML to clean up
    @type html_buffer: string
    @param cleaning_lib: chose the preferred library to clean the HTML. One of:
                         - utidylib
                         - beautifulsoup
    @return: a cleaned version of the input HTML
    @note: requires uTidylib or BeautifulSoup to be installed. If the chosen library is missing, the input X{html_buffer} is returned I{as is}.