Function serialize

serialize<T>(node, options?): string

Serializes an AST node to an HTML string.

Type Parameters

T extends TreeAdapterTypeMap<unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown> = DefaultTreeAdapterMap

Parameters

node: T["parentNode"]
Node to serialize.
Optionaloptions: SerializerOptions<T>
Serialization options.

Returns string

Example

const parse5 = require('parse5');

const document = parse5.parse('<!DOCTYPE html><html><head></head><body>Hi there!</body></html>');

// Serializes a document.
const html = parse5.serialize(document);

// Serializes the <html> element content.
const str = parse5.serialize(document.childNodes[1]);

console.log(str); //> '<head></head><body>Hi there!</body>'