htmltojup_almost

var text = '<div><div class="container"  >asd<div fuck="cakes" class="left column"><div id="date"></div><div id="address"></div></div><div class="right column"><div id="email"></div></div></div></div>';

var intag = false, tmpbuf = "", endtag = false, abspos = 0;

function parse(html, pos, lvl) {
  var level = lvl || 0, current = level, ret = [], i=abspos, origpos = abspos;
  for (i; i<html.length; i+=1) {
    abspos = i;
    var char = html[i];
    if (char === '<') {
      intag = true;
      if (tmpbuf.length > 0) {
        ret.push(tmpbuf);
        tmpbuf = "";
        current+=1;
      } else if (origpos !== abspos) {
        current+=1;
      }

      if (current > level) {
        var res = parse(html, abspos, level);
        if (res.length && res.length > 0) {
          ret.push(res);
        }
      }
    } else if (char === '>') {
      intag = false;
      if (tmpbuf.length > 0) {
        var explode = tmpbuf.split(" ");
        var tag = explode.shift();
        if (tag.indexOf("/") === -1) {
          ret.push(tag);
          if (explode.length > 0) {
            var attrs = {}, attr, exattr, key, value;
            for (var j = 0; j < explode.length; j++) {              
              attr = explode[j].split("=");
              value = attr[1] || attr[0];
              var tofind = attr[0].substring(0,1);
              // if the attr has spaces :)
              while(value && 
                    value.match(new RegExp(attr[0],"g")) &&
                    value.match(new RegExp(attr[0],"g")).length < 2) {
                j+=1;
                if (typeof explode[j] === "undefined") { 
                  break;
                }
                else if (!explode[j]) {
                  continue;
                }
                value += " " + explode[j]; 
              }
              attrs[attr[0]] = value.replace(/^["' ]+/, '').replace(/["' ]+$/, '');
            }
            ret.push(attrs);
          }
        } else {
          current-=1;
          if (level <= current) {
            return ret;
          }
        }
        tmpbuf="";
      }    
    } else {
      tmpbuf += char;
    }
  }
  return ret;
}

console.log(parse(text));