Node.js - get text content from HTML with htmlparser2 library

In this short article, we would like to show how to get Node's text content from HTML using htmlparser2 library under Node.js.

Quick solution (example index.js file):

const htmlparser2 = require('htmlparser2');

const getText = html => {
    const handler = new htmlparser2.DomHandler();
    const parser = new htmlparser2.Parser(handler);

    parser.write(html);
    parser.end();

    return htmlparser2.DomUtils.textContent(handler.root.childNodes);  // or from handler.dom
};


// Example usage:

const html = '<div><p>This is example text 1</p><br /><p>This is example text 2</p></div>';
const text = getText(html);

console.log(text);

Running with:

node ./index.js

Output:

This is example text 1

This is example text 2

htmlparser2 installation

Run the following command in the node.js project directory: 

npm install --save htmlparser2

See also

1. Node.js - parse html to DOM with htmlparser2 library

References

1. htmlparser2 - npm