$.parseHTML()

Parses a string of HTML into an array of DOM nodes.

Usage

$.parseHTML(html);
$.parseHTML(html, context);
$.parseHTML(html, runscripts);
$.parseHTML(html, context, runscripts);

html

A string of HTML to parse.

context

A node to use as context for generating the DOM. If not specified, the document is used.

runscripts

A boolean indicating whether to extract and run script tags from the html.

Returns

An array of DOM nodes.

Differences to jQuery

The Dabby version allows runscripts to be passed as the second argument, acting as a shorthand for context and runscripts.

Examples

This will convert the string into an array of DOM nodes.

const myNodes = $.parseHTML("<div>Hello, <b>world</b>!</div>");
console.log(myNodes);
// Expected output: [div]

Parse an HTML string with multiple elements, this will return an array containing both the <p> and <div> elements.

const myNodes = $.parseHTML("<p>First paragraph</p><div>Second div</div>");
console.log(myNodes);
// Expected output: [p, div]