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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. If xmlMode is set, this will apply to all tags. Otherwise, only tags that are defined as self-closing in the HTML specification will be printed as such.

default xmlMode

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

example With xmlMode: true and selfClosingTags: true: <foo/><br/>

example With xmlMode: false and selfClosingTags: true: <foo></foo><br />


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