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Happy DOM is a JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface. It includes many web standards from WHATWG DOM and HTML.
happy-dom is a fast and lightweight DOM implementation for Node.js. It is designed to be compatible with the browser's DOM API, making it useful for server-side rendering, testing, and other scenarios where a DOM is needed outside of a browser environment.
DOM Manipulation
happy-dom allows you to create and manipulate DOM elements just like you would in a browser environment. This is useful for server-side rendering and testing.
const { Window } = require('happy-dom');
const window = new Window();
const document = window.document;
const div = document.createElement('div');
div.textContent = 'Hello, World!';
document.body.appendChild(div);
console.log(document.body.innerHTML); // <div>Hello, World!</div>
Event Handling
happy-dom supports event handling, allowing you to add event listeners and dispatch events. This is useful for testing event-driven code.
const { Window } = require('happy-dom');
const window = new Window();
const document = window.document;
const button = document.createElement('button');
button.textContent = 'Click me';
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
console.log('Button clicked!');
});
document.body.appendChild(button);
// Simulate a click event
const event = new window.Event('click');
button.dispatchEvent(event); // Button clicked!
Querying DOM Elements
happy-dom allows you to query DOM elements using methods like `querySelector` and `querySelectorAll`. This is useful for selecting and manipulating specific elements in the DOM.
const { Window } = require('happy-dom');
const window = new Window();
const document = window.document;
document.body.innerHTML = '<div class="test">Hello</div><div class="test">World</div>';
const elements = document.querySelectorAll('.test');
console.log(elements.length); // 2
console.log(elements[0].textContent); // Hello
console.log(elements[1].textContent); // World
jsdom is another popular DOM implementation for Node.js. It provides a more complete and detailed implementation of the DOM and other web standards. However, it is generally slower and more resource-intensive compared to happy-dom.
cheerio is a fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server. It is not a full DOM implementation but provides a subset of jQuery functionality for parsing and manipulating HTML. It is faster and more lightweight than jsdom but less feature-rich.
linkedom is a lightweight and fast DOM implementation for Node.js. It aims to be a minimalistic alternative to jsdom, providing essential DOM functionalities with better performance. It is similar to happy-dom in terms of performance and use cases.
A JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface.
Custom Elements (Web Components)
Declarative Shadow DOM
Mutation Observer
Tree Walker
Fetch API
And much more..
Documentation | Getting Started | Setup as Test Environment | GitHub
Vitest | Bun | Jest | Testing Library | Google LitElement | Vue | React | Svelte | Angular
Operation | JSDOM | Happy DOM |
---|---|---|
Import / Require | 333 ms | 45 ms |
Parse HTML | 256 ms | 26 ms |
Serialize HTML | 65 ms | 8 ms |
Render custom element | 214 ms | 19 ms |
querySelectorAll('tagname') | 4.9 ms | 0.7 ms |
querySelectorAll(':nth-child(2n+1)') | 10.4 ms | 3.8 ms |
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FAQs
Happy DOM is a JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface. It includes many web standards from WHATWG DOM and HTML.
The npm package happy-dom receives a total of 638,703 weekly downloads. As such, happy-dom popularity was classified as popular.
We found that happy-dom demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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