Interface CheerioAPI

Hierarchy

StaticType
- CheerioAPI

CheerioAPI<T, S>(selector?: S | BasicAcceptedElems<T>, context?: null | BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>, root?: BasicAcceptedElems<Document>, options?: CheerioOptions): Cheerio<S extends SelectorType ? Element : T>
This selector method is the starting point for traversing and manipulating the document. Like jQuery, it's the primary method for selecting elements in the document.

selector searches within the context scope which searches within the root scope.

Example
```
$('.apple', '#fruits').text();
//=> Apple

$('ul .pear').attr('class');
//=> pear

$('li[class=orange]').html();
//=> Orange
```
Type Parameters
- T extends AnyNode
- S extends string
Parameters
- Optional selector: S | BasicAcceptedElems<T>
  
  Either a selector to look for within the document, or the contents of a new Cheerio instance.
- Optional context: null | BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>
  
  Either a selector to look for within the root, or the contents of the document to query.
- Optional root: BasicAcceptedElems<Document>
  
  Optional HTML document string.
- Optional options: CheerioOptions
Returns Cheerio<S extends SelectorType ? Element : T>
- Defined in src/load.ts:48

Index

Properties

_options _root fn load

Methods

contains html merge parseHTML root text xml

Properties

`Private` _options

_options: InternalOptions

The options the document was originally loaded with.

`Private` _root

_root: Document

The root the document was originally loaded with.

fn

fn: Cheerio<any>

Mimic jQuery's prototype alias for plugin authors.

load

load: ((content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer, options?: null | CheerioOptions, isDocument?: boolean) => CheerioAPI)

Type declaration

- (content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer, options?: null | CheerioOptions, isDocument?: boolean): CheerioAPI
- Parameters
  - content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer
  - Optional options: null | CheerioOptions
  - isDocument: boolean = true
  Returns CheerioAPI

Methods

contains

contains(container: AnyNode, contained: AnyNode): boolean
Checks to see if the contained DOM element is a descendant of the container DOM element.

Returns
Indicates if the nodes contain one another.

Alias
Cheerio.contains

See
https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.contains/
Parameters
- container: AnyNode
  
  Potential parent node.
- contained: AnyNode
  
  Potential child node.
Returns boolean
Inherited from StaticType.contains
- Defined in src/static.ts:210

html

html(this: CheerioAPI, options?: CheerioOptions): string
Renders the document.

Returns
The rendered document.
Parameters
- this: CheerioAPI
- Optional options: CheerioOptions
  
  Options for the renderer.
Returns string
Inherited from StaticType.html
- Defined in src/static.ts:55
html(this: CheerioAPI, dom?: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>, options?: CheerioOptions): string
Renders the document.

Returns
The rendered document.
Parameters
- this: CheerioAPI
- Optional dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>
  
  Element to render.
- Optional options: CheerioOptions
  
  Options for the renderer.
Returns string
Inherited from StaticType.html
- Defined in src/static.ts:63

merge

merge<T>(arr1: WritableArrayLike<T>, arr2: ArrayLike<T>): ArrayLike<T> | undefined
$.merge().

Returns
arr1, with elements of arr2 inserted.

Alias
Cheerio.merge

See
https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.merge/
Type Parameters
- T
Parameters
- arr1: WritableArrayLike<T>
  
  First array.
- arr2: ArrayLike<T>
  
  Second array.
Returns ArrayLike<T> | undefined
Inherited from StaticType.merge
- Defined in src/static.ts:245

parseHTML

parseHTML(this: CheerioAPI, data: string, context?: unknown, keepScripts?: boolean): AnyNode[]
Parses a string into an array of DOM nodes. The context argument has no meaning for Cheerio, but it is maintained for API compatibility with jQuery.

Returns
The parsed DOM.

Alias
Cheerio.parseHTML

See
https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.parseHTML/
Parameters
- this: CheerioAPI
- data: string
  
  Markup that will be parsed.
- Optional context: unknown
  
  Will be ignored. If it is a boolean it will be used as the value of keepScripts.
- Optional keepScripts: boolean
  
  If false all scripts will be removed.
Returns AnyNode[]
Inherited from StaticType.parseHTML
- Defined in src/static.ts:146
parseHTML(this: CheerioAPI, data?: null | ""): null
Parameters
- this: CheerioAPI
- Optional data: null | ""
Returns null
Inherited from StaticType.parseHTML
- Defined in src/static.ts:152

root

root(this: CheerioAPI): Cheerio<Document>
Sometimes you need to work with the top-level root element. To query it, you can use $.root().

Example
```
$.root().append('<ul id="vegetables"></ul>').html();
//=> <ul id="fruits">...</ul><ul id="vegetables"></ul>
```
Returns
Cheerio instance wrapping the root node.

Alias
Cheerio.root
Parameters
- this: CheerioAPI
Returns Cheerio<Document>
Inherited from StaticType.root
- Defined in src/static.ts:196

text

text(this: void | CheerioAPI, elements?: ArrayLike<AnyNode>): string
Render the document as text.

This returns the textContent of the passed elements. The result will include the contents of script and stype elements. To avoid this, use .prop('innerText') instead.

Returns
The rendered document.
Parameters
- this: void | CheerioAPI
- Optional elements: ArrayLike<AnyNode>
  
  Elements to render.
Returns string
Inherited from StaticType.text
- Defined in src/static.ts:119

xml

xml(this: CheerioAPI, dom?: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>): string
Render the document as XML.

Returns
THe rendered document.
Parameters
- this: CheerioAPI
- Optional dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>
  
  Element to render.
Returns string
Inherited from StaticType.xml
- Defined in src/static.ts:100

Interface CheerioAPI

Hierarchy

Example

Type Parameters

T extends AnyNode

S extends string

Parameters

Optional selector: S | BasicAcceptedElems<T>

Optional context: null | BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>

Optional root: BasicAcceptedElems<Document>

Optional options: CheerioOptions

Returns Cheerio<S extends SelectorType ? Element : T>

Index

Properties

Methods

Properties

Private _options

Private _root

fn

load

Type declaration

Parameters

content: string | AnyNode | AnyNode[] | Buffer

Optional options: null | CheerioOptions

isDocument: boolean = true

Returns CheerioAPI

Methods

contains

Returns

Alias

See

Parameters

container: AnyNode

contained: AnyNode

Returns boolean

html

Returns

Parameters

this: CheerioAPI

Optional options: CheerioOptions

Returns string

Returns

Parameters

this: CheerioAPI

Optional dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>

Optional options: CheerioOptions

Returns string

merge

Returns

Alias

See

Type Parameters

T

Parameters

arr1: WritableArrayLike<T>

arr2: ArrayLike<T>

Returns ArrayLike<T> | undefined

parseHTML

Returns

Alias

See

Parameters

this: CheerioAPI

data: string

Optional context: unknown

Optional keepScripts: boolean

Returns AnyNode[]

Parameters

this: CheerioAPI

Optional data: null | ""

Returns null

root

Example

Returns

Alias

Parameters

this: CheerioAPI

Returns Cheerio<Document>

text

Returns

`Optional` selector: S | BasicAcceptedElems<T>

`Optional` context: null | BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>

`Optional` root: BasicAcceptedElems<Document>

`Optional` options: CheerioOptions

`Private` _options

`Private` _root

`Optional` options: null | CheerioOptions

`Optional` options: CheerioOptions

`Optional` dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>

`Optional` options: CheerioOptions

`Optional` context: unknown

`Optional` keepScripts: boolean

`Optional` data: null | ""

`Optional` elements: ArrayLike<AnyNode>

`Optional` dom: BasicAcceptedElems<AnyNode>