A JavaScript parser for DOM

Question

We have a special requirement in a project where we have to parse a string of HTML (from an AJAX response) client side via JavaScript only. Thats right

Answer 1

If you want a full parser that isn't relying some existing thing in the browser to bootstrap your interpreter, the HTML parser in dom.js is top notch. It's entire purpose is to parse html for use in a javascript hosted DOM, so it has to cater to both the DOM specifications as well as the need to parse and use the results in js, all while not assuming any existing tools besides base JS. It works in node.js or spidermonkey's jsshell or webworkers even. https://github.com/andreasgal/dom.js

It also has the serialization part, but to do that you'll need to commit to using more than just the parser part. You can find standalone serializers though that work with any DOM like structure.