hast-util-select

hast utility with equivalents for matches, querySelector, and querySelectorAll.

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What is this?

This package lets you find nodes in a tree, similar to how matches, querySelector, and querySelectorAll work with the DOM.

One notable difference between DOM and hast is that DOM nodes have references to their parents, meaning that document.body.matches(':last-child') can be evaluated to check whether the body is the last child of its parent. This information is not stored in hast, so selectors like that don’t work.

When should I use this?

This is a small utility that is quite useful, but is rather slow if you use it a lot. For each call, it has to walk the entire tree. In some cases, walking the tree once with unist-util-visit is smarter, such as when you want to change certain nodes. On the other hand, this is quite powerful and fast enough for many other cases.

This utility is similar to unist-util-select, which can find and match any unist node.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:

npm install hast-util-select

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {matches, select, selectAll} from "https://esm.sh/hast-util-select@6"

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {matches, select, selectAll} from "https://esm.sh/hast-util-select@6?bundle"
</script>

Use

import {h} from 'hastscript'
import {matches, select, selectAll} from 'hast-util-select'

const tree = h('section', [
  h('p', 'Alpha'),
  h('p', 'Bravo'),
  h('h1', 'Charlie'),
  h('p', 'Delta'),
  h('p', 'Echo'),
  h('p', 'Foxtrot'),
  h('p', 'Golf')
])

console.log(matches('section', tree)) // `true`

console.log(select('h1 ~ :nth-child(even)', tree))
// The paragraph with `Delta`

console.log(selectAll('h1 ~ :nth-child(even)', tree))
// The paragraphs with `Delta` and `Foxtrot`

API

This package exports the identifiers matches, select, and selectAll. There is no default export.

`matches(selector, node[, space])`

Check that the given node matches selector.

This only checks the element itself, not the surrounding tree. Thus, nesting in selectors is not supported (p b, p > b), neither are selectors like :first-child, etc. This only checks that the given element matches the selector.

Parameters

selector (string) — CSS selector, such as (h1, a, b)
node (Node, optional) — node that might match selector, should be an element
space (Space, default: 'html') — name of namespace

Returns

Whether node matches selector (boolean).

Example

import {h} from 'hastscript'
import {matches} from 'hast-util-select'

matches('b, i', h('b')) // => true
matches(':any-link', h('a')) // => false
matches(':any-link', h('a', {href: '#'})) // => true
matches('.classy', h('a', {className: ['classy']})) // => true
matches('#id', h('a', {id: 'id'})) // => true
matches('[lang|=en]', h('a', {lang: 'en'})) // => true
matches('[lang|=en]', h('a', {lang: 'en-GB'})) // => true

`select(selector, tree[, space])`

Select the first element that matches selector in the given tree. Searches the tree in preorder.

Parameters

selector (string) — CSS selector, such as (h1, a, b)
tree (Node, optional) — tree to search
space (Space, default: 'html') — name of namespace

Returns

First element in tree that matches selector or undefined if nothing is found. This could be tree itself.

Example

import {h} from 'hastscript'
import {select} from 'hast-util-select'

console.log(
  select(
    'h1 ~ :nth-child(even)',
    h('section', [
      h('p', 'Alpha'),
      h('p', 'Bravo'),
      h('h1', 'Charlie'),
      h('p', 'Delta'),
      h('p', 'Echo')
    ])
  )
)

Yields:

{ type: 'element',
  tagName: 'p',
  properties: {},
  children: [ { type: 'text', value: 'Delta' } ] }

`selectAll(selector, tree[, space])`

Select all elements that match selector in the given tree. Searches the tree in preorder.

Parameters

selector (string) — CSS selector, such as (h1, a, b)
tree (Node, optional) — tree to search
space (Space, default: 'html') — name of namespace

Returns

Elements in tree that match selector. This could include tree itself.

Example

import {h} from 'hastscript'
import {selectAll} from 'hast-util-select'

console.log(
  selectAll(
    'h1 ~ :nth-child(even)',
    h('section', [
      h('p', 'Alpha'),
      h('p', 'Bravo'),
      h('h1', 'Charlie'),
      h('p', 'Delta'),
      h('p', 'Echo'),
      h('p', 'Foxtrot'),
      h('p', 'Golf')
    ])
  )
)

Yields:

[ { type: 'element',
    tagName: 'p',
    properties: {},
    children: [ { type: 'text', value: 'Delta' } ] },
  { type: 'element',
    tagName: 'p',
    properties: {},
    children: [ { type: 'text', value: 'Foxtrot' } ] } ]

`Space`

Namespace (TypeScript type).

Type

type Space = 'html' | 'svg'

Support

<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * (universal selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> , (multiple selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> p (type selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> .class (class selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> #id (id selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> article p (combinator: descendant selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> article > p (combinator: child selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> h1 + p (combinator: next-sibling selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> h1 ~ p (combinator: subsequent sibling selector)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr] (attribute existence)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr… i] (attribute case-insensitive)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr… s] (attribute case-sensitive) (useless, default)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr=value] (attribute equality)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr~=value] (attribute contains in space-separated list)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr|=value] (attribute equality or prefix)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr^=value] (attribute begins with)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr$=value] (attribute ends with)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> [attr*=value] (attribute contains)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :dir() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :has() (functional pseudo-class; also supports a:has(> b))
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :is() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :lang() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :not() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :any-link (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :blank (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :checked (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :disabled (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :empty (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :enabled (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :optional (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :read-only (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :read-write (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :required (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :root (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> :scope (pseudo-class):
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :first-child (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :first-of-type (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :last-child (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :last-of-type (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :only-child (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :only-of-type (pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :nth-child() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :nth-last-child() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :nth-last-of-type() (functional pseudo-class)
<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox"> * :nth-of-type() (functional pseudo-class)

Unsupported

<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † || (column combinator)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † ns|E (namespace type selector)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † *|E (any namespace type selector)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † |E (no namespace type selector)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † [ns|attr] (namespace attribute)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † [*|attr] (any namespace attribute)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † [|attr] (no namespace attribute)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> ‖ :nth-child(n of S) (functional pseudo-class, note: scoping to parents is not supported)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> ‖ :nth-last-child(n of S) (functional pseudo-class, note: scoping to parents is not supported)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :active (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :autofill (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :buffering (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> § :closed (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :current (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :current() (functional pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :default (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :defined (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :focus (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :focus-visible (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :focus-within (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :fullscreen (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :future (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> § :host() (functional pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> § :host-context() (functional pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :hover (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> ‡ :in-range (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :indeterminate (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> ‡ :invalid (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :link (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :local-link (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :modal (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :muted (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :nth-col() (functional pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :nth-last-col() (functional pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> § :open (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> ‡ :out-of-range (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :past (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :paused (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :placeholder-shown (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :playing (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :seeking (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :stalled (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :target (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :target-within (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :user-invalid (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> ‡ :valid (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :visited (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † :volume-locked (pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> § :where() (functional pseudo-class)
<input disabled="" type="checkbox"> † ::before (pseudo-elements: none are supported)

Notes

* — not supported in matches
† — needs a user, browser, interactivity, scripting, or whole CSS to make sense
‡ — not very interested in writing / including the code for this
§ — too new, the spec is still changing
‖ — pr wanted!
:any() and :matches() are renamed to :is() in CSS.

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports the additional type Space.

Compatibility

Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained versions of Node.js.

When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of Node. This means we try to keep the current release line, hast-util-select@^6, compatible with Node.js 16.

Security

This package does not change the syntax tree so there are no openings for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

unist-util-select — select unist nodes with CSS-like selectors
hast-util-find-and-replace — find and replace text in a hast tree
hast-util-parse-selector — create an element from a simple CSS selector
hast-util-from-selector — create an element from a complex CSS selector

Contribute

See contributing.md in syntax-tree/.github for ways to get started. See support.md for ways to get help.

This project has a code of conduct. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

Package detail

hast-util-select

readme

hast-util-select

Contents

What is this?

When should I use this?

Install

Use

API

`matches(selector, node[, space])`

Parameters

Returns

Example

`select(selector, tree[, space])`

Parameters

Returns

Example

`selectAll(selector, tree[, space])`

Parameters

Returns

Example

`Space`

Type

Support

Unsupported

Notes

Types

Compatibility

Security

Contribute

License

Package detail

readme

hast-util-select

Contents

What is this?

When should I use this?

Install

Use

API

matches(selector, node[, space])

Parameters

Returns

Example

select(selector, tree[, space])

Parameters

Returns

Example

selectAll(selector, tree[, space])

Parameters

Returns

Example

Space

Type

Support

Unsupported

Notes

Types

Compatibility

Security

Related

Contribute

License

`matches(selector, node[, space])`

`select(selector, tree[, space])`

`selectAll(selector, tree[, space])`

`Space`