js string to html element code example

Example 1: convert a string to html element in js

/**
 * Convert a template string into HTML DOM nodes
 * @param  {String} str The template string
 * @return {Node}       The template HTML
 */
var stringToHTML = function (str) {
	var parser = new DOMParser();
	var doc = parser.parseFromString(str, 'text/html');
	return doc.body;
};

Example 2: js make node with string

function htmlToElement(html) {
    var template = document.createElement('template');
    html = html.trim(); // Never return a text node of whitespace as the result
    template.innerHTML = html;
    return template.content.firstChild;
}