html-react-parser
Advanced tools
The html-react-parser package is designed to convert HTML strings into React components. This is particularly useful when you need to dynamically render HTML content in a React application, such as content fetched from a CMS or API that returns HTML. It allows for custom handling of elements, attributes, and can work with server-side rendering.
Parsing HTML strings to React Elements
This feature allows you to convert a string of HTML into React elements that can be rendered inside a React component.
import parse from 'html-react-parser';
const html = '<div>Hello World</div>';
const reactElement = parse(html);Replacing or modifying elements during parsing
This feature allows you to define a 'replace' function in the options object that can modify or replace elements during the parsing process.
import parse, { domToReact } from 'html-react-parser';
const html = '<p id="replace">Replace me</p>';
const options = {
replace: ({ attribs, children }) => {
if (attribs && attribs.id === 'replace') {
return <span>{domToReact(children)}</span>;
}
}
};
const reactElement = parse(html, options);Preserving custom attributes and event handlers
This feature allows you to preserve custom attributes and potentially event handlers when parsing HTML to React elements.
import parse from 'html-react-parser';
const html = '<div onclick="handleClick()">Click me</div>';
const reactElement = parse(html, {
preserveAttributes: ['onclick']
});react-html-parser is similar to html-react-parser in that it converts HTML strings into React components. However, it may differ in the specifics of its API and the options it provides for customization during the parsing process.
dangerously-set-html-content provides a component that can be used to set raw HTML content. It is similar to using the dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop in React but encapsulated in a component for easier use. It does not offer the same level of customization or parsing capabilities as html-react-parser.
sanitize-html-react is designed to sanitize HTML strings before they are rendered to prevent XSS attacks. It can be used in conjunction with html-react-parser to first sanitize the HTML string and then parse it into React components. It focuses more on security rather than parsing.
HTML to React parser that works on both the server (Node.js) and the client (browser):
HTMLReactParser(string[, options])
It converts an HTML string to one or more React elements. There's also an option to replace an element with your own.
var parse = require('html-react-parser');
parse('<div>text</div>'); // equivalent to `React.createElement('div', {}, 'text')`
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NPM:
$ npm install html-react-parser --save
Yarn:
$ yarn add html-react-parser
CDN:
<!-- HTMLReactParser depends on React -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/html-react-parser@latest/dist/html-react-parser.min.js"></script>
<script>
window.HTMLReactParser(/* string */);
</script>
Import the module:
// ES Modules
import parse from 'html-react-parser';
// CommonJS
const parse = require('html-react-parser');
Parse single element:
parse('<h1>single</h1>');
Parse multiple elements:
parse('<li>Item 1</li><li>Item 2</li>');
Since adjacent elements are parsed as an array, make sure to render them under a parent node:
<ul>
{parse(`
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
`)}
</ul>
Parse nested elements:
parse('<body><p>Lorem ipsum</p></body>');
Parse element with attributes:
parse(
'<hr id="foo" class="bar" data-attr="baz" custom="qux" style="top:42px;">'
);
The replace callback allows you to swap an element with another React element.
The first argument is an object with the same output as htmlparser2's domhandler:
parse('<br>', {
replace: function (domNode) {
console.dir(domNode, { depth: null });
}
});
Console output:
{ type: 'tag',
name: 'br',
attribs: {},
children: [],
next: null,
prev: null,
parent: null }
The element is replaced only if a valid React element is returned:
parse('<p id="replace">text</p>', {
replace: domNode => {
if (domNode.attribs && domNode.attribs.id === 'replace') {
return React.createElement('span', {}, 'replaced');
}
}
});
Here's an example that modifies an element but keeps the children:
import React from 'react';
import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
import parse, { domToReact } from 'html-react-parser';
const html = `
<p id="main">
<span class="prettify">
keep me and make me pretty!
</span>
</p>
`;
const options = {
replace: ({ attribs, children }) => {
if (!attribs) return;
if (attribs.id === 'main') {
return <h1 style={{ fontSize: 42 }}>{domToReact(children, options)}</h1>;
}
if (attribs.class === 'prettify') {
return (
<span style={{ color: 'hotpink' }}>
{domToReact(children, options)}
</span>
);
}
}
};
console.log(renderToStaticMarkup(parse(html, options)));
Output:
<h1 style="font-size:42px">
<span style="color:hotpink">
keep me and make me pretty!
</span>
</h1>
Here's an example that excludes an element:
parse('<p><br id="remove"></p>', {
replace: ({ attribs }) => attribs && attribs.id === 'remove' && <Fragment />
});
The library option allows you to specify which component library is used to create elements. React is used by default if this option is not specified.
Here's an example showing how to use Preact:
parse('<br>', {
library: require('preact')
});
Or, using a custom library:
parse('<br>', {
library: {
cloneElement: () => {
/* ... */
},
createElement: () => {
/* ... */
},
isValidElement: () => {
/* ... */
}
}
});
This library passes the following options to htmlparser2 on the server-side:
{
decodeEntities: true,
lowerCaseAttributeNames: false
}
By passing your own options, the default library options will be replaced (not merged).
As a result, to enable decodeEntities and xmlMode, you need to do the following:
parse('<p /><p />', {
htmlparser2: {
decodeEntities: true,
xmlMode: true
}
});
See htmlparser2 options.
Warning: By overriding htmlparser2 options, there's a chance of breaking universal rendering. Do this at your own risk.
Normally, whitespace is preserved:
parse('<br>\n'); // [React.createElement('br'), '\n']
By enabling the trim option, whitespace text nodes will be skipped:
parse('<br>\n', { trim: true }); // React.createElement('br')
This addresses the warning:
Warning: validateDOMNesting(...): Whitespace text nodes cannot appear as a child of <table>. Make sure you don't have any extra whitespace between tags on each line of your source code.
However, this option may strip out intentional whitespace:
parse('<p> </p>', { trim: true }); // React.createElement('p')
No, this library is not XSS (cross-site scripting) safe. See #94.
No, this library does not perform HTML sanitization. See #124, #125, and #141.
<script> tags parsed?Although <script> tags and their contents are rendered on the server-side, they're not evaluated on the client-side. See #98.
This is because inline event handlers like onclick are parsed as a string instead of a function. See #73.
Check if your arguments are valid. Also, see "Does this library sanitize invalid HTML?".
Yes, this library supports server-side rendering on Node.js. See demo.
Make sure your HTML markup is valid. The HTML to DOM parsing will be affected if you're using self-closing syntax (/>) on non-void elements:
parse('<div /><div />'); // returns single element instead of array of elements
See #158.
Enable the trim option. See #155.
Tags are lowercased by default. To prevent that from happening, pass the htmlparser2 option:
const options = {
htmlparser2: {
lowerCaseTags: false
}
};
parse('<CustomElement>', options); // React.createElement('CustomElement')
Warning: By preserving case-sensitivity of the tags, you may get rendering warnings like:
Warning: <CustomElement> is using incorrect casing. Use PascalCase for React components, or lowercase for HTML elements.
$ npm run test:benchmark
Here's an example output of the benchmarks run on a MacBook Pro 2017:
html-to-react - Single x 415,186 ops/sec ±0.92% (85 runs sampled)
html-to-react - Multiple x 139,780 ops/sec ±2.32% (87 runs sampled)
html-to-react - Complex x 8,118 ops/sec ±2.99% (82 runs sampled)
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