What is posthtml-render?
The posthtml-render package is a utility for rendering PostHTML tree structures into HTML strings. It is commonly used in conjunction with PostHTML parsers and plugins to transform and generate HTML content programmatically.
What are posthtml-render's main functionalities?
Basic HTML Rendering
This feature allows you to render a basic HTML structure from a PostHTML tree. The code sample demonstrates rendering a simple div element with text content.
const render = require('posthtml-render');
const tree = [{ tag: 'div', content: 'Hello, World!' }];
const html = render(tree);
console.log(html); // <div>Hello, World!</div>
Nested HTML Elements
This feature allows you to render nested HTML elements. The code sample shows how to create a div element containing a nested span element.
const render = require('posthtml-render');
const tree = [{ tag: 'div', content: [{ tag: 'span', content: 'Nested content' }] }];
const html = render(tree);
console.log(html); // <div><span>Nested content</span></div>
Attributes Handling
This feature allows you to add attributes to HTML elements. The code sample demonstrates rendering an anchor tag with an href attribute.
const render = require('posthtml-render');
const tree = [{ tag: 'a', attrs: { href: 'https://example.com' }, content: 'Click here' }];
const html = render(tree);
console.log(html); // <a href="https://example.com">Click here</a>
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htmlparser2
htmlparser2 is a fast and forgiving HTML/XML parser. It can be used to parse HTML into a DOM-like structure, which can then be manipulated and rendered back to HTML. Compared to posthtml-render, htmlparser2 offers more comprehensive parsing capabilities but requires additional steps to render HTML.
cheerio
Cheerio is a fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server. It parses HTML and XML documents and provides a jQuery-like API for manipulating the resulting structure. Cheerio is more feature-rich in terms of DOM manipulation compared to posthtml-render, but it is also heavier and more complex.
jsdom
jsdom is a JavaScript implementation of the WHATWG DOM and HTML standards, primarily intended for use with Node.js. It allows you to create and manipulate a full DOM environment, including rendering HTML. jsdom is more powerful and comprehensive than posthtml-render, but it is also more resource-intensive.
PostHTML Render
Renders a PostHTML Tree to HTML/XML
Install
npm i -D posthtml-render
ℹ️ This module is also available for bower and as an AMD, CommonJS and IIFE (global) module, uncompressed and compressed
Usage
NodeJS
const render = require('posthtml-render')
const tree = []
const node = {}
node.tag = 'ul'
node.attrs = { class: 'list' }
node.content = [
'one',
'two',
'three'
].map((content) => ({ tag: 'li', content }))
tree.push(node)
const html = render(tree, options)
<ul class="list">
<li>one</li>
<li>two</li>
<li>three</li>
</ul>
🌐 Browser
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
<script src="./node_modules/posthtml-render/lib/browser.min.js"></script>
<script >
const tree = {
tag: 'h1',
attrs: {
style: 'color: red;'
},
content: [ 'Title' ]
}
window.onload = function () {
document.body.innerHTML = render(tree)
}
</script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
Options
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|
singleTags | {Array<String|RegExp>} | [] | Specify custom single tags (self closing) |
closingSingleTag | {String} | > | Specify the single tag closing format |
quoteAllAttributes | {Boolean} | true | Put double quotes around all tags, even when not necessary. |
singleTags
Specify custom single tags (self closing)
{String}
const render = require('posthtml-render')
const tree = [ { tag: 'name' } ]
const options = { singleTags: [ 'name' ] }
const html = render(tree, options)
result.html
<name>
{RegExp}
const render = require('posthtml-render')
const tree = [ { tag: '%=title%' } ]
const options = { singleTags: [ '/^%.*%$/' ] }
const html = render(tree, options)
result.html
<%=title%>
closingSingleTag
Specify the single tag closing format
Formats
const render = require('posthtml-render')
const tree = [ { tag: 'img' } ]
'tag'
const html = render(tree, { closingSingleTag: 'tag' })
<custom></custom>
'slash'
const html = render(tree, { closingSingleTag: 'slash' })
<custom />
'default' (Default)
const html = render(tree)
<img></img>
quoteAllAttributes
Specify if all attributes should be quoted.
true (Default)
<script src="index.js"></script>
false
<script src=index.js></script>