dom-serializer

Renders a domhandler DOM node or an array of domhandler DOM nodes to a string.

import render from "dom-serializer";

// OR

const render = require("dom-serializer").default;

API

render

▸ render(node: Node | Node[], options?: Options): string

Renders a DOM node or an array of DOM nodes to a string.

Can be thought of as the equivalent of the outerHTML of the passed node(s).

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Default value | Description | | :-------- | :--------------------------------- | :------------ | :----------------------------- | | node | Node | Node[] | - | Node to be rendered. | | options | DomSerializerOptions | {} | Changes serialization behavior |

Returns: string

Options

encodeEntities

• Optional decodeEntities: boolean | "utf8"

Encode characters that are either reserved in HTML or XML.

If xmlMode is true or the value not 'utf8', characters outside of the utf8 range will be encoded as well.

default decodeEntities

decodeEntities

• Optional decodeEntities: boolean

Option inherited from parsing; will be used as the default value for encodeEntities.

default true

emptyAttrs

• Optional emptyAttrs: boolean

Print an empty attribute's value.

default xmlMode

example With emptyAttrs: false: <input checked>

example With emptyAttrs: true: <input checked="">

selfClosingTags

• Optional selfClosingTags: boolean

Print self-closing tags for tags without contents.

default xmlMode

example With selfClosingTags: false: <foo></foo>

example With selfClosingTags: true: <foo />

xmlMode

• Optional xmlMode: boolean | "foreign"

Treat the input as an XML document; enables the emptyAttrs and selfClosingTags options.

If the value is "foreign", it will try to correct mixed-case attribute names.

default false

Ecosystem

| Name | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | htmlparser2 | Fast & forgiving HTML/XML parser | | domhandler | Handler for htmlparser2 that turns documents into a DOM | | domutils | Utilities for working with domhandler's DOM | | css-select | CSS selector engine, compatible with domhandler's DOM | | cheerio | The jQuery API for domhandler's DOM | | dom-serializer | Serializer for domhandler's DOM |

LICENSE: MIT