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| # dom-serializer [](https://travis-ci.com/cheeriojs/dom-serializer)
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| Renders a [domhandler](https://github.com/fb55/domhandler) DOM node or an array of domhandler DOM nodes to a string.
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| ```js
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| import render from "dom-serializer";
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| 
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| // OR
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| const render = require("dom-serializer").default;
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| ```
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| 
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| # API
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| ## `render`
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| ▸ **render**(`node`: Node \| Node[], `options?`: [_Options_](#Options)): _string_
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| Renders a DOM node or an array of DOM nodes to a string.
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| Can be thought of as the equivalent of the `outerHTML` of the passed node(s).
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| #### Parameters:
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| | Name      | Type                               | Default value | Description                    |
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| | :-------- | :--------------------------------- | :------------ | :----------------------------- |
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| | `node`    | Node \| Node[]                     | -             | Node to be rendered.           |
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| | `options` | [_DomSerializerOptions_](#Options) | {}            | Changes serialization behavior |
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| **Returns:** _string_
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| ## Options
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| ### `decodeEntities`
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| • `Optional` **decodeEntities**: _boolean_
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| Encode characters that are either reserved in HTML or XML, or are outside of the ASCII range.
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| **`default`** true
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| 
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| ---
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| ### `emptyAttrs`
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| • `Optional` **emptyAttrs**: _boolean_
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| Print an empty attribute's value.
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| **`default`** xmlMode
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| **`example`** With <code>emptyAttrs: false</code>: <code><input checked></code>
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| **`example`** With <code>emptyAttrs: true</code>: <code><input checked=""></code>
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| ---
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| ### `selfClosingTags`
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| • `Optional` **selfClosingTags**: _boolean_
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| Print self-closing tags for tags without contents.
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| **`default`** xmlMode
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| **`example`** With <code>selfClosingTags: false</code>: <code><foo></foo></code>
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| **`example`** With <code>selfClosingTags: true</code>: <code><foo /></code>
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| ---
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| ### `xmlMode`
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| • `Optional` **xmlMode**: _boolean_ \| _"foreign"_
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| Treat the input as an XML document; enables the `emptyAttrs` and `selfClosingTags` options.
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| If the value is `"foreign"`, it will try to correct mixed-case attribute names.
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| **`default`** false
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| 
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| ---
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| 
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| ## Ecosystem
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| | Name                                                          | Description                                             |
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| | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
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| | [htmlparser2](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2)            | Fast & forgiving HTML/XML parser                        |
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| | [domhandler](https://github.com/fb55/domhandler)              | Handler for htmlparser2 that turns documents into a DOM |
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| | [domutils](https://github.com/fb55/domutils)                  | Utilities for working with domhandler's DOM             |
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| | [css-select](https://github.com/fb55/css-select)              | CSS selector engine, compatible with domhandler's DOM   |
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| | [cheerio](https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio)               | The jQuery API for domhandler's DOM                     |
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| | [dom-serializer](https://github.com/cheeriojs/dom-serializer) | Serializer for domhandler's DOM                         |
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| 
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| ---
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| LICENSE: MIT
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