What is renderkid?
RenderKid is a powerful HTML rendering engine designed for Node.js. It allows developers to create and manipulate HTML content programmatically with ease. The package is particularly useful for generating HTML for emails, reports, or any other content that needs to be dynamically created and styled.
What are renderkid's main functionalities?
HTML Rendering
RenderKid allows you to render HTML content. In this example, a simple HTML string is rendered and logged to the console.
const RenderKid = require('renderkid');
const kid = new RenderKid();
const html = kid.render('<div>Hello, <b>world</b>!</div>');
console.log(html);
CSS Styling
RenderKid supports CSS styling. In this example, the <b> tag is styled to have red text color.
const RenderKid = require('renderkid');
const kid = new RenderKid();
kid.style({
'b': {
'color': 'red'
}
});
const html = kid.render('<div>Hello, <b>world</b>!</div>');
console.log(html);
Custom Tags
RenderKid allows you to define custom tags. In this example, a custom tag <custom> is defined and rendered as a <span> with a class of 'custom'.
const RenderKid = require('renderkid');
const kid = new RenderKid();
kid.addTag('custom', {
render: function (node) {
return `<span class='custom'>${node.innerHTML}</span>`;
}
});
const html = kid.render('<div>Hello, <custom>world</custom>!</div>');
console.log(html);
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jsdom
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htmlparser2
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