hast-util-to-string

What is hast-util-to-string?

The hast-util-to-string package is a utility for converting HAST (Hypertext Abstract Syntax Tree) nodes to plain strings. This is particularly useful when working with virtual DOM representations in projects that involve transforming HTML or Markdown content.

What are hast-util-to-string's main functionalities?

Convert HAST node to string

This feature allows the conversion of a HAST node, which can be a complex structure with nested elements, into a plain string. The code sample demonstrates creating a simple HAST tree using hastscript and then converting it to a string using hast-util-to-string.

const toString = require('hast-util-to-string');
const h = require('hastscript');

const tree = h('div', [h('p', 'Hello, world!')]);
const result = toString(tree);
console.log(result); // Outputs: 'Hello, world!'

Other packages similar to hast-util-to-string

rehype-stringify

Part of the unified.js ecosystem, rehype-stringify converts HAST trees to HTML strings. It is similar to hast-util-to-string but focuses on generating HTML output rather than plain text, making it suitable for different use cases where HTML structure needs to be preserved.

hast-util-to-mdast

This package converts HAST nodes to MDAST (Markdown Abstract Syntax Tree) nodes. While hast-util-to-string focuses on converting to plain text, hast-util-to-mdast is useful for transformations into Markdown, maintaining markdown-specific formatting and structures.

README

hast-util-to-string

Get the plain-text value of a HAST node.

Install

npm install hast-util-to-string

Usage

var h = require('hastscript');
var toString = require('hast-util-to-string');

toString(h('p', 'Alpha'));
//=> 'Alpha'
toString(h('div', [h('b', 'Bold'), ' and ', h('i', 'italic'), '.']));
//=> 'Bold and italic.'

API

toString(node)

Transform a node to string.

License

MIT © Titus Wormer