Get the string representation of a DOM node

Question

Javascript: I have the DOM representation of a node (element or document) and I\'m looking for the string representation of it. E.g.,

var el = document.creat         


        

Answer 1

You can create a temporary parent node, and get the innerHTML content of it:

var el = document.createElement("p");
el.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Test"));

var tmp = document.createElement("div");
tmp.appendChild(el);
console.log(tmp.innerHTML); // 
Test

EDIT: Please see answer below about outerHTML. el.outerHTML should be all that is needed.