I have a list of keys and values and I intend to create an xml based on this information.
My list return:
1 person
2 information
3 name
3 surname
2 address
3 street
3 country
And I want to generate an xml:
<xml>
<person>
<information>
<name></name>
<surname></surname>
</information>
<address>
<street></street>
<country></country>
</address>
</person>
</xml>
I have a list of elements, while traversing these elements would create the xml document hierarchically. I already have this code:
var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('elements');
var xml = document.createElement('xml');
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var key = elements[i].getAttribute('data-key');
var value = elements[i].getAttribute('data-value');
console.log(key +' -> '+ value);
// HERE: create new elements appendChild "var xml"
}
Very similar to Forty3's answer but a tad more concise and uses and XML document, not an HTML document.
Note that if document is an HTML document, then document.createElement changes the tagname to lower case, whereas if it's an XML document, the tag case is preserved. Also, in an HTML document it's reliant on support for custom and unknown tagnames, which might not be available, so better to use an XML document.
I've made up a data source, it seems it comes from the document so hopefully it reasonably approximate what you're using. I've put some minimal validation on the level, there should be more validation of the input to ensure it meets some standardised format.
function buildDoc() {
// Create an XML document to use to create the elements
var doc = document.implementation.createDocument(null, null, null);
var data = document.getElementsByClassName('elements');
var root = doc.createElement('xml');
var parent = root;
var level = 0;
var node, tagname;
for (var i=0, iLen=data.length; i<iLen; i++) {
dataNode = data[i];
node = doc.createElement(dataNode.dataset.value);
nodeLevel = dataNode.dataset.key;
// Can only add nodes at level 1 or higher
if (nodeLevel <= 0) {
console.log('Level ' + nodeLevel + ' is invalid. Can only create nodes at level 1 or higher');
return;
}
// If node at same level, is sibling of current parent
// If node at lower level, go back levels and parents to same level
// Append node, then make node the parent
if (nodeLevel <= level) {
while (nodeLevel < level) {
parent = parent.parentNode;
--level;
}
parent = parent.parentNode.appendChild(node);
// If node at higher level, is child of current parent
// Next node might higher again, so set parent to node
} else if (nodeLevel > level){
parent = parent.appendChild(node);
level = nodeLevel;
}
}
// Return the root
return root;
}
window.onload = function() {
console.log(buildDoc().outerHTML);
};
<div>
<span class="elements" data-key="1" data-value="Person">1 person</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="2" data-value="information">2 information</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="3" data-value="name">3 name</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="3" data-value="surname">3 surname</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="2" data-value="address">2 address</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="3" data-value="street">3 street</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="3" data-value="country">3 country</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="2" data-value="address">2 address</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="3" data-value="street">3 street</span><br>
<span class="elements" data-key="3" data-value="country">3 country</span><br>
</div>
PS. This probably won't run in IE 10 or lower due to lack of support for data-* attributes.
Note: this is untested and I need to step away. But, this should give you a starting point with comments.
var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('elements');
var xml = document.createElement('xml');
var curElem = xml;
var curDepth = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var key = elements[i].getAttribute('data-key');
var value = elements[i].getAttribute('data-value');
console.log(key +' -> '+ value);
// HERE: create new elements appendChild "var xml"
// Create the new element
var elem = document.createElement(value);
// If we are further down the hierarchy, simply add the child
if (key > curDepth) {
curElem.appendChild(elem);
} else if (key == curDepth) {
// We are a sibling of our current containing element
// so simply add to the parent
curElem.parentElement.appendChild(elem);
curElem = elem;
} else if (key < curDepth) {
// We are at some point ABOVE our current element
// so start walking UP until we reach the level indicated
// and then add the element to the parent
while (curDepth >= key) {
curElem = curElem.parentElement;
curDepth--;
}
curElem.parentElement.appendChild(elem);
}
curElem = elem;
curDepth = key;
}
Related
I need to search my entire document for a phone number, and compile a list of elements which have this phone number in them.
However I have encountered afew snags.
I can't simply do document.body.innerHTML and replace the numbers, as this messes up third party scripts.
The following will match the elements, but ONLY if they have the number within them, and nothing else:
let elements = document.querySelectorAll("a, div, p, li");
let found = [];
for (let elm in elements) {
if (elements.hasOwnProperty(elm)) {
if (elements[elm].textContent !== undefined && elements[elm].textContent.search("00000 000000") != -1) {
found.push(elements[elm]);
}
}
}
So the following element will not match:
<li class="footer__telephone">
<i class="fa fa-phone" aria-hidden="true"></i>00000 000000
</li>
Due to having the i tag in there.
Using textContent instead of text also does not work as the parent of an element will then match, but I don't want the parent.
Edit:
<div class="row-block hmpg-text">
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="twelvecol">
00000 000000
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Lets say the above is my HTML, if I loop through all the elements and test them with testContent then the first is going to be returned as true, to containing my number, but I need the element with the class of twelvecol on it, not the parent which is 4 levels up.
Managed to find an answer, similar to what Phylogenesis said however couldn't get any of them examples working.
function replaceText(el, regex_display, regex_link) {
// Replace any links
if (el.tagName === "A") {
if (regex_link.test(el.getAttribute("href"))) {
el.setAttribute("href", el.getAttribute("href").replace(regex_link, replacement.replace(/\s/g, '')));
}
}
if (el.nodeType === 3) {
if (regex_display.test(el.data)) el.data = el.data.replace(regex_display, replacement);
if (regex_link.test(el.data)) el.data = el.data.replace(regex_link, replacement);
} else {
let children = el.childNodes;
for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
replaceText(children[i], regex_display, regex_link);
}
}
}
let bodyChildren = document.body.childNodes;
let search_display = new RegExp(search, "g");
let search_link = new RegExp(search.replace(/\s/g, ''), "g");
for (let i = 0; i < bodyChildren.length; i++) {
replaceText(bodyChildren[i], search_display, search_link);
}
I'm trying to make a small script that allows for a little notes section. This section would have an input box that allows for adding elements to the list; which will be saved in localStorage so they are not lost when I refresh or close the browser. The code I have is as follows (it's all done through JS even the html, but ignore that.)
var notes = [];
var listthings = "<h2 id=\"titlething\">Notes</h2>" +
"<ul id=\"listing\">" +
"</ul>"
"<input type=\"text\" name=\"item\" id=\"textfield\">" +
"<input type=\"submit\" id=\"submitthing\" value=\"Submit\">";
JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('notes')) || [].forEach( function (note) {
"<li id=\"listitem\">" + notes + "</li>";
})
$('#submitthing').click(function() {
notes.push($('#textfield').val());
});
localStorage.setItem('notes', JSON.stringify(notes));
Also, how would I go about appending the latest added li between the opening and closing tag? Obviously I'd usually do it using jQuery, but this is puzzling me a little. However, only the 'Notes' loads at the top, any ideas?
Your approach is way off the mark. You don't need JSON at all (this just confuses things) and you don't need to manually create HTML.
Also, you can use an array to store the notes, but since localStorage is the storage area, so an array is redundant. Additionally, without using an array, you don't need JSON. The entire problem becomes much easier to solve.
Unfortunately, the following won't run here in this snippet editor, due to security issues, but it would do what you are asking. This fiddle shows it working: https://jsfiddle.net/Lqjwbn1r/14/
// Upon the page being ready:
window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(){
// Get a reference to the empty <ul> element on the page
var list = document.getElementById("notes");
// Loop through localStorage
for (var i = 0; i < localStorage.length; i++){
// Make sure that we only read the notes from local storage
if(localStorage.key(i).indexOf("note") !== -1){
// For each item, create a new <li> element
var item = document.createElement("li");
// Populate the <li> with the contents of the current
// localStorage item's value
item.textContent = localStorage.getItem(localStorage.key(i));
// Append the <li> to the page's <ul>
list.appendChild(item);
}
}
// Get references to the button and input
var btn = document.getElementById("btnSave");
var note = document.getElementById("txtNote");
// Store a note count:
var noteCount = 1;
// When the button is clicked...
btn.addEventListener("click", function(){
// Get the value of the input
var noteVal = note.value;
// As long as the value isn't an empty string...
if(noteVal.trim() !== ""){
// Create the note in localStorage using the
// note counter so that each stored item gets
// a unique key
localStorage.setItem("note" + noteCount, noteVal);
// Create a new <li>
var lstItem = document.createElement("li");
// Set the content of the <li>
lstItem.textContent = noteVal;
// Append the <li> to the <ul>
list.appendChild(lstItem);
// Bump up the note counter
noteCount++;
}
});
});
<input type=text id=txtNote><input type=button value=Save id=btnSave>
<ul id=notes></ul>
This is how I would approach it using jquery. but depens how complex this should be. this is just simple demo.
<input type="text" id="note" />
<button id="add">add note</button>
<ul id="notes"></ul>
javascript and jquery
function addNote(){
var data = localStorage.getItem("notes")
var notes = null;
if(data != null)
{
notes = JSON.parse(data);
}
if(notes == null){
notes = [];
}
notes.push($("#note").val());
localStorage.setItem("notes", JSON.stringify(notes));
refreshNotes();
}
function refreshNotes(){
var notesElement =$("#notes");
notesElement.empty();
var notes = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("notes"));
for(var i = 0; i< notes.length; i++){
var note = notes[i];
notesElement.append("<li>"+note+"</li>");
}
}
$(function(){
refreshNotes();
$("#add").click(function(){
addNote();
});
})
example:
http://codepen.io/xszaboj/pen/dOXEey?editors=1010
What is the most convenient way of injecting a number into the HTML of the site (using Chrome Extensions), when the given parameter is found in the website's code? For example we have a list:
www.newsweek.com, hf-title, 2
www.aaa.com, yzs, 1
www.ccc.com, abc, 123
When we find "hf-title" on the website www.newseek.com then number "2" is inserted next to the found paragraph on the website in the browser. When we find "abc" in the code of the website www.ccc.com then number "123" is inserted next to the table, and so on.
There cannot be any connection to the database, just javascript.
The list that is going to be used will be hundreds of rows long, so it is really problematic to use switch statement.
The source table has to be located in the Google Chrome extension files on the PC. The information should be looked for when (or shortly after) the site is being opened.
Example of the source code:
<h2 class="hf-title">
Four NATO Allies Deny Ukraine<span class="overlay article-overlay"></span>
</h2>
<div class="hf-summary">
NATO officials have previously said... </div>
</div>
We add simply
<a> 2 </a>
at the end.
Any ideas? ;)
What you will likely need to do is find all of the text nodes on the page. From there you can begin editing them. The 'modifyTextNodes' function is an example of using a TreeWalker to do this. It is a very efficient method for traversing the DOM.
var arr = [{url:"www.newsweek.com", string:"hf-title", value:"2"},
{url:"www.aaa.com", string:"yzs", value:"1"},
{url:"www.ccc.com", string:"abc", value:"123"}];
function modifyTextNodes() {
var el = document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0];
var walk=document.createTreeWalker(el,NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT,null,false);
while(n = walk.nextNode()) {
modifyNode(n);
}
}
function modifyNode(node) {
if (node.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE && node.parentNode != undefined && (val = node.nodeValue.trim())) {
var addToEnd = "";
for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
if (document.baseURI.indexOf(arr[i].url) > -1 && val.indexOf(arr[i].string) > -1) {
addToEnd += arr[i].value;
}
}
}
if (addToEnd) {
node.nodeValue += addToEnd;
}
}
Alternatively, if it is elements that you are trying to find, you could use querySelectorAll to find all the matching elements.
document.querySelectorAll("[class='" + arr[i].string + "']");
In this case 'modifyAllNodes' would look like
function modifyAllNodes() {
for (var i = 0; i<arr.length; i++) {
if (document.baseURI.indexOf(arr[i].url) > -1) {
var nodes = document.querySelectorAll("[class='" + arr[i].string + "']");
modifyNodes(nodes, arr[i]);
}
}
}
function modifyNodes(nodes, arrEl) {
for (var i=0; i<nodes.length; i++) {
if (node.nodeValue.indexOf(arrEl.string) > -1) {
node.nodeValue += arrEl.value;
}
}
}
first you have to know the structure of the list you are trying to "hack", which means the ID or class names. Afterwards, in your JS check each record of that list if its content matches the string you pass to and then do a .append()
I have some DIV, what contains HTML with images, styles e.t.c. I want to remove exact div's that contains id = 'quot' or className = 'quote', but i don't understand how i can get not only innerHTML of each tag. For example, < p > and < /p > which don't have innerHTML also should be included in final parsed HTML.
var bodytext = document.getElementById("div_text");
var NewText = "";
if (bodytext.hasChildNodes){
var children = bodytext.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++){
if (children[i].id != "quot" && children[i].className != "quote" && children[i].innerText != ""){
NewText = NewText + children[i].innerHTML;
}
}
HTML of source need to be parsed:
<div id="div_text">
<p>
Some Text</p>
<p>
Some Text</p>
<p>
<img alt="" src="localhost/i/1.png" /></p>
<div id="quot" class="quote" />
any text <div>text of inside div</div>
<table><tr><td>there can be table</td></tr></table>
</div>
<p>
</p>
</div>
Desired output:
<p>
Some Text</p>
<p>
Some Text</p>
<p>
<img alt="" src="localhost/i/1.png" /></p>
<p>
</p>
Just grab a reference to the targeted divs and remove them from their respective parents.
Perhaps something a little like this?
EDIT: Added code to perform operation on a clone, rather than the document itself.
div elements don't have .getElementById method, so we search for an element manually.
window.addEventListener('load', myInit, false);
function removeFromDocument()
{
// 1. take car of the element with id='quot'
var tgt = document.getElementById('quot');
var parentNode = tgt.parentNode;
parentNode.removeChild(tgt);
// 2. take care of elements whose class == 'quote'
var tgtList = document.getElementsByClassName('quote');
var i, n = tgtList.length;
for (i=0; i<n; i++)
{
// we really should be checking to ensure that there aren't nested instances of matching divs
// The following would present a problem - <div class='quote'>outer<div class='quote'>inner</div></div>
// since the first iteration of the loop would also remove the second element in the target list,
parentNode = tgtList[i].parentNode;
parentNode.removeChild(tgtList[i]);
}
// 3. remove the containing div
var container = document.getElementById('div_text');
container.outerHTML = container.innerHTML;
}
function cloneAndProcess()
{
var clonedCopy = document.getElementById('div_text').cloneNode(true);
var tgt;// = clonedCopy.getElementById('quot');
var i, n = clonedCopy.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<n; i++)
{
if (clonedCopy.childNodes[i].id == 'quot')
{
tgt = clonedCopy.childNodes[i];
var parentNode = tgt.parentNode;
parentNode.removeChild(tgt);
break; // done with for loop - can only have 1 element with any given id
}
}
// 2. take care of elements whose class == 'quote'
var tgtList = clonedCopy.getElementsByClassName('quote');
var i, n = tgtList.length;
for (i=0; i<n; i++)
{
// we really should be checking to ensure that there aren't nested instances of matching divs
// The following would present a problem - <div class='quote'>outer<div class='quote'>inner</div></div>
// since the first iteration of the loop would also remove the second element in the target list,
parentNode = tgtList[i].parentNode;
parentNode.removeChild(tgtList[i]);
}
// 3. remove the containing div
//var container = clonedCopy; //.getElementById('div_text');
//container.outerHTML = container.innerHTML;
console.log(clonedCopy.innerHTML);
}
function myInit()
{
cloneAndProcess();
//removeFromDocument();
}
folks! Today I created this script that has the following functionality:
add new items to array
list all items from the array
remove an item from the array
There are two functions:
addToFood() - adds the value of input to the array and updates
innerHTML of div
removeRecord(i) - remove a record from the array and updates
innerHTML of div
The code includes 3 for loops and you can see it at - http://jsfiddle.net/menian/3b4qp/1/
My Master told me that those 3 for loops make the solution way to heavy. Is there a better way to do the same thing? Is it better to decrease the loops and try to use splice? Thanks in advance.
HTML
<!-- we add to our foodList from the value of the following input -->
<input type="text" value="food" id="addFood" />
<!-- we call addToFood(); through the following button -->
<input type="submit" value="Add more to food" onClick="addToFood();">
<!-- The list of food is displayed in the following div -->
<div id="foods"></div>
JavaScript
var foodList = [];
function addToFood () {
var addFood = document.getElementById('addFood').value;
foodList.push(addFood);
for (i = 0; i < foodList.length; i++) {
var newFood = "<a href='#' onClick='removeRecord(" + i + ");'>X</a> " + foodList[i] + " <br>";
};
document.getElementById('foods').innerHTML += newFood;
}
function removeRecord (i) {
// define variable j with equal to the number we got from removeRecord
var j = i;
// define and create a new temporary array
var tempList = [];
// empty newFood
// at the end of the function we "refill" it with the new content
var newFood = "";
for (var i = 0; i < foodList.length; i++) {
if(i != j) {
// we add all records except the one == to j to the new array
// the record eual to j is the one we've clicked on X to remove
tempList.push(foodList[i]);
}
};
// make redefine foodList by making it equal to the tempList array
// it should be smaller with one record
foodList = tempList;
// re-display the records from foodList the same way we did it in addToFood()
for (var i = 0; i < foodList.length; i++) {
newFood += "<a href='#' onClick='removeRecord(" + i + ");'>X</a> " + foodList[i] + " <br>";
};
document.getElementById('foods').innerHTML = newFood;
}
You should use array.splice(position,nbItems)
function removeRecord (i) {
foodList.splice(i, 1); // remove element at position i
var newFood = "";
for (var i = 0; i < foodList.length; i++) {
newFood += "<a href='#' onClick='removeRecord(" + i + ");'>X</a> "
+ foodList[i] + " <br>";
};
document.getElementById('foods').innerHTML = newFood;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/3b4qp/5/
Now using JQuery:
$(function(){
$(document).on('click','input[type=submit]',function(){
$('#foods')
.append('<div>X '
+ $('#addFood').val() + '</div>');
});
$(document).on('click','.item',function(){
$(this).parent().remove();
});
});
http://jsfiddle.net/jfWa3/
Your problem isn't the arrays, your problem is this code:
node.innerHTML += newFood;
This code is very, very, very slow. It will traverse all exising DOM nodes, create strings from them, join those strings into one long string, append a new string, parse the result to a new tree of DOM nodes.
I suggest to use a framework like jQuery which has methods to append HTML fragments to existing DOM nodes:
var parent = $('#foods');
...
for (var i = 0; i < foodList.length; i++) {
parent.append( "<a href='#' onClick='removeReco..." );
That will parse the HTML fragments only once.
If you really must do it manually, then collect all the HTML in a local string variable (as suggested by JohnJohnGa in his answer) and then assign innerHTML once.
Here's some tips to, at least, make your code more portable (dunno if it will be better performance wise, but should be, since DOM Manipulation is less expensive)
Tips
First separate your event handle from the HTML
Pass the "new food" as a function paramater
Tie the array elements to the DOM using the ID
Instead of rerendering everything when something changes (using innerHTML in the list), just change the relevant bit
Benefits:
You actually only loop once (when removing elements from the array).
You don't re-render the list everytime something changes, just the element clicked
Added bonus: It's more portable.
Should be faster
Example code:
FIDDLE
HTML
<div id="eventBinder">
<!-- we add to our foodList from the value of the following input -->
<input id="addFood" type="text" value="food" />
<!-- we call addToFood(); through the following button -->
<button id="addFoodBtn" value="Add more to food">Add Food</button>
<!-- The list of food is displayed in the following div
-->
<div id="foods"></div>
</div>
JS
// FoodList Class
var FoodList = function (selectorID) {
return {
foodArray: [],
listEl: document.getElementById(selectorID),
idCnt: 0,
add: function (newFood) {
var id = 'myfood-' + this.idCnt;
this.foodArray.push({
id: id,
food: newFood
});
var foodDom = document.createElement('div'),
foodText = document.createTextNode(newFood);
foodDom.setAttribute('id', id);
foodDom.setAttribute('class', 'aFood');
foodDom.appendChild(foodText);
this.listEl.appendChild(foodDom);
++this.idCnt;
},
remove: function (foodID) {
for (var f in this.foodArray) {
if (this.foodArray[f].id === foodID) {
delete this.foodArray[f];
var delFood = document.getElementById(foodID);
this.listEl.removeChild(delFood);
}
}
}
};
};
//Actual app
window.myFoodList = new FoodList('foods');
document.getElementById('eventBinder').addEventListener('click', function (e) {
if (e.target.id === 'addFoodBtn') {
var food = document.getElementById('addFood').value;
window.myFoodList.add(food);
} else if (e.target.className === 'aFood') {
window.myFoodList.remove(e.target.id);
}
}, false);
Here is another sugestion:
function remove(arr, index) {
if (index >= arr.lenght) { return undefined; }
if (index == 0) {
arr.shift();
return arr;
}
if (index == arr.length - 1) {
arr.pop();
return arr;
}
var newarray = arr.splice(0, index);
return newarray.concat(arr.splice(1,arr.length))
}