# hast-util-from-html-isomorphic
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[hast][] utility that turns HTML into a syntax tree, using browser APIs
when available, so it has a smaller bundle size there.
## Contents
* [What is this?](#what-is-this)
* [When should I use this?](#when-should-i-use-this)
* [Install](#install)
* [Use](#use)
* [API](#api)
* [`fromHtmlIsomorphic(value[, options])`](#fromhtmlisomorphicvalue-options)
* [`Options`](#options)
* [Examples](#examples)
* [Example: fragment versus document](#example-fragment-versus-document)
* [Syntax](#syntax)
* [Types](#types)
* [Compatibility](#compatibility)
* [Security](#security)
* [Related](#related)
* [Contribute](#contribute)
* [License](#license)
## What is this?
This package is a utility that takes HTML input and turns it into a hast syntax
tree.
In a browser, this uses [`hast-util-from-dom`][hast-util-from-dom],
otherwise it uses [`hast-util-from-html`][hast-util-from-html].
## When should I use this?
If you want to get a syntax tree without positional info, and your code should
be isomorphic (it could run anywhere), as it results in a smaller bundle size.
If you need positional information, use
[`hast-util-from-html`][hast-util-from-html].
If you don’t care about positional info and your code only runs in browsers,
use [`hast-util-from-dom`][hast-util-from-dom].
Finally you can use the utility [`hast-util-to-html`][hast-util-to-html],
or [`hast-util-to-dom`][hast-util-to-dom] with `.outerHTML`, to do the inverse
of this utility.
That turns hast into HTML.
## Install
This package is [ESM only][esm].
In Node.js (version 16+), install with [npm][]:
```sh
npm install hast-util-from-html-isomorphic
```
In Deno with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```js
import {fromHtmlIsomorphic} from 'https://esm.sh/hast-util-from-html-isomorphic@2'
```
In browsers with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```html
```
## Use
```js
import {fromHtmlIsomorphic} from 'hast-util-from-html-isomorphic'
const tree = fromHtmlIsomorphic('
Hello, world!
', {fragment: true})
console.log(tree)
```
Yields (positional info and data omitted for brevity):
```js
{
type: 'root',
children: [
{
type: 'element',
tagName: 'h1',
properties: {},
children: [Array],
}
]
}
```
## API
This package exports the identifier
[`fromHtmlIsomorphic`][api-from-html-isomorphic].
There is no default export.
### `fromHtmlIsomorphic(value[, options])`
Turn serialized HTML into a hast tree.
###### Parameters
* `value` (`string`)
— serialized HTML to parse
* `options` ([`Options`][api-options], optional)
— configuration
###### Returns
Tree ([`Root`][root]).
### `Options`
Configuration (TypeScript type).
##### Fields
###### `fragment`
Whether to parse as a fragment (`boolean`, default: `false`).
The default is to expect a whole document.
In document mode, unopened `html`, `head`, and `body` elements are opened.
## Examples
### Example: fragment versus document
The following example shows the difference between parsing as a document and
parsing as a fragment:
```js
import {fromHtml} from 'hast-util-from-html-isomorphic'
const doc = 'Hi!Hello!
'
console.log(fromHtml(doc))
console.log(fromHtml(doc, {fragment: true}))
```
…yields (positional info and data omitted for brevity):
```js
{
type: 'root',
children: [
{type: 'element', tagName: 'html', properties: {}, children: [Array]}
]
}
```
```js
{
type: 'root',
children: [
{type: 'element', tagName: 'title', properties: {}, children: [Array]},
{type: 'element', tagName: 'h1', properties: {}, children: [Array]}
]
}
```
> 👉 **Note**: observe that when a whole document is expected (first example),
> missing elements are opened and closed.
## Syntax
HTML is parsed according to WHATWG HTML (the living standard), which is also
followed by browsers such as Chrome and Firefox.
## Types
This package is fully typed with [TypeScript][].
It exports the additional type [`Options`][api-options].
## Compatibility
Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained
versions of Node.js.
When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of
Node.
This means we try to keep the current release line,
`hast-util-from-html-isomorphic@^1`, compatible with Node.js 16.
## Security
Parsing HTML is safe but using user-provided content can open you up to a
[cross-site scripting (XSS)][xss] attack.
Use [`hast-util-santize`][hast-util-sanitize] to make the hast tree safe.
## Related
* [`hast-util-from-html`](https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-from-html)
— parse html into hast
* [`hast-util-from-dom`](https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-from-dom)
— parse a DOM tree into hast
* [`hast-util-to-html`](https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-to-html)
— serialize hast
* [`hast-util-sanitize`](https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-sanitize)
— sanitize hast
* [`xast-util-from-xml`][xast-util-from-xml]
— parse XML
## Contribute
See [`contributing.md`][contributing] in [`syntax-tree/.github`][health] for
ways to get started.
See [`support.md`][support] for ways to get help.
This project has a [code of conduct][coc].
By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to
abide by its terms.
## License
[MIT][license] © [Remco Haszing][author]
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[esmsh]: https://esm.sh
[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org
[license]: license
[author]: https://github.com/remcohaszing
[health]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/.github
[contributing]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/.github/blob/main/contributing.md
[support]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/.github/blob/main/support.md
[coc]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/.github/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md
[xss]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting
[hast]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast
[root]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast#root
[hast-util-sanitize]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-sanitize
[hast-util-from-dom]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-from-dom
[hast-util-from-html]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-from-html
[hast-util-to-dom]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-to-dom
[hast-util-to-html]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast-util-to-html
[xast-util-from-xml]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/xast-util-from-xml
[api-from-html-isomorphic]: #fromhtmlisomorphicvalue-options
[api-options]: #options