tag-builder

Fluent html tag building library.

Install

npm install --save tag-builder

Examples

const assert = require('assert')
const TagBuilder = require('tag-builder')
 
const div = new TagBuilder('div')
const html = div.text('hello world').toString()
  
assert.equal(html, '<div>hello world</div>')

const html = TagBuilder
  .create('input')
  .attr({
    'type': 'password',
    'name': 'password',
    'required': null
  })
  .addClass('form-control')
  .toString()
  
assert.equal(html, '<input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" required>')

const ul = TagBuilder.create('ul')
const li1 = TagBuilder.create('li').text('1')
const li2 = TagBuilder.create('li').text('2')
 
ul.appendHtml(li1)
ul.appendHtml(li2)
 
const html = ul.toString()
assert.equal(html, '<ul><li>1</li><li>2</li></ul>')

See tests for more examples.

API

All methods except toString() return a TagBuilder instance and are chainable.

create(tagName: string)

Returns a TagBuilder instance.

html(html: any)

Sets innerHTML of the element. You may pass either a string or TagBuilder instance to this method.

appendHtml(html: any)

Appends provided html to inner content. You may pass either a string or TagBuilder instance to this method.

text(text: string)

Sets html encoded innerText of the element.

appendText(text: string)

Appends html encoded text to inner content.

attr(attributes: object)

Merges attributes hash onto the tag.

addClass(className: string)

Merges className onto the tag.

toString()

Returns html string.