Function selectHtml

src/extractors/root-extractor.js:97–134

()

  }

  function selectHtml() {
    // If the selector type requests html as its return type
    // transform and clean the element with provided selectors
    let $content;

    // If matching selector is an array, we're considering this a
    // multi-match selection, which allows the parser to choose several
    // selectors to include in the result. Note that all selectors in the
    // array must match in order for this selector to trigger
    if (Array.isArray(matchingSelector)) {
      $content = $(matchingSelector.join(','));
      const $wrapper = $('<div></div>');
      $content.each((_, element) => {
        $wrapper.append(element);
      });

      $content = $wrapper;
    } else {
      $content = $(matchingSelector);
    }

    // Wrap in div so transformation can take place on root element
    $content.wrap($('<div></div>'));
    $content = $content.parent();
    $content = transformAndClean($content);
    if (Cleaners[type]) {
      Cleaners[type]($content, { ...opts, defaultCleaner });
    }

    if (allowMultiple) {
      return $content
        .children()
        .toArray()
        .map(el => $.html($(el)));
    }

    return $.html($content);
  }

  if (extractHtml) {
    return selectHtml(matchingSelector);