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dom-serialize

## Serializes any DOM node into a String

It's like `outerHTML`, but it works with:

- DOM elements
- Text nodes
- Attributes
- Comment nodes
- Documents
- DocumentFragments
- Doctypes
- NodeLists / Arrays

For custom serialization logic, a "serialize" event is dispatched on every `Node` which event listeners can override the default behavior on by setting the `event.detail.serialize` property to a String or other Node.

The "serialize" event bubbles, so it could be a good idea to utilize event delegation on a known root node that will be serialized. Check the `event.serializeTarget` property to check which `Node` is currently being serialized.

# Installation

$ npm install dom-serialize

# Example

var serialize = require('dom-serialize');
var node;
// works with Text nodes
node = document.createTextNode('foo & <bar>');
console.log(serialize(node));
// works with DOM elements
node = document.createElement('body');
node.appendChild(document.createElement('strong'));
node.firstChild.appendChild(document.createTextNode('hello'));
console.log(serialize(node));
// custom "serialize" event
node.firstChild.addEventListener('serialize', function (event) {
event.detail.serialize = 'pwn';
}, false);
console.log(serialize(node));
// you can also just pass a function in for a one-time serializer
console.log(serialize(node, function (event) {
if (event.serializeTarget === node.firstChild) {
// for the first child, output an ellipsis to summarize "content"
event.detail.serialze = '…';
} else if (event.serializeTarget !== node) {
// any other child
event.preventDefault();
}
}));
foo &amp; &lt;bar&gt;
<body><strong>hello</strong></body>
<body>pwn</body>
<body>…</body>