HTML minifier

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Minimize is a HTML minifier based on the node-htmlparser. This depedency will
ensure output is solid and correct. Minimize is focussed on HTML5 and will not
support older HTML drafts. It is not worth the effort and the web should move
forward. Currently, HTML minifier is only usuable server side. Client side
minification will be added in a future release.

**Minimize does not parse inline PHP or raw template files. Templates are not valid
HTML and this is outside the scope of the minimize. The _output_ of the
templaters should be parsed and minified.**

Features

- fast and stable HTML minification (no inline PHP or templates)
- highly configurable
- CLI interface usable with stdin and files
- can distinguish conditional IE comments and/or SSI
- build on the foundations of [htmlparser2][fb55]
- pluggable interface that allows to hook into each element

Usage

To get the minified content make sure to provide a callback. Optional an options
object can be provided. All options are listed below and false per default.

``js var Minimize = require('minimize') , content = new Minimize().parse(content);

console.log(content);`

#### Asynchronous usage

Simply pass a callback as second argument. This is relevant is plugins perform asynchronous operations.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize();

minimize.parse(content, function (error, data) { console.log(data); });`

#### Gulp plugin

- gulp-minimize: Gulp plugin based on minimize.

#### Options

List of available options. Note that all options are set to falseby default and need to be explicitly enabled by providingtrue. For example empty: true.

- empty - cdata - comments - ssi - conditionals - spare - quotes - loose - dom - xmlMode - lowerCaseAttributeNames - lowerCaseTags

#### Custom parser

Supplying a custom instance to do the HTML parsing is possible. I.e. this can be useful if the HTML contains SVG or if you need to specific options to the parser.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , html = require('htmlparser2') , minimize = new Minimize( new html.Parser( new html.FeedHandler(minimize.emits('read')), { / options / } ) );

minimize.parse(content, function (error, data) { console.log(data); });`

`Options`

###### Empty

Empty attributes can usually be removed, by default all are removed, excluded HTML5 _data-*_ and microdata attributes. To retain empty elements regardless value, do:

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ empty: true });

minimize.parse( '

',
  function (error, data) {
    // data output: 

  }
);


###### CDATA
CDATA is only required for HTML to parse as valid XML. For normal webpages this
is rarely the case, thus CDATA around javascript can be omitted. By default
CDATA is removed, if you would like to keep it, pass true:

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ cdata: true });

minimize.parse( '', function (error, data) { // data output: } );`

###### Comments

Comments inside HTML are usually beneficial while developing. Hiding your comments in production is sane, safe and will reduce data transfer. If you ensist on keeping them, fo1r instance to show a nice easter egg, set the option to true. Keeping comments will also retain any Server Side Includes or conditional IE statements.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ comments: true });

minimize.parse( '\n

',
  function (error, data) {
    // data output:


  }
);


###### Server Side Includes (SSI)
Server side includes are special set of commands that are support by several
web servers. The markup is very similar to regular HTML comments. Minimize can
be configured to retain SSI comments.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ ssi: true });

minimize.parse( '\n

',
  function (error, data) {
    // data output:


  }
);


###### Conditionals
Conditional comments only work in IE, and are thus excellently suited to give
special instructions meant only for IE. Minimize can be configured to retain
these comments. But since the comments are only working until IE9 (inclusive)
the default is to remove the conditionals.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ conditionals: true });

minimize.parse( "\n ", function (error, data) { // data output: \n } );`

###### Spare

Spare attributes are of type boolean of which the value can be omitted in HTML5. To keep attributes intact for support of older browsers, supply:

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ spare: true });

minimize.parse( '', function (error, data) { // data output: } );`

###### Quotes

Quotes are always added around attributes that have spaces or an equal sign in their value. But if you require quotes around all attributes, simply pass quotes:true, like below.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ quotes: true });

minimize.parse( '

\n Some content\n

',
  function (error, data) {
    // data output: Some content

  }
);


###### Loose
Minimize will only keep whitespaces in structural elements and remove all other
redundant whitespaces. This option is useful if you need whitespace to keep the
flow between text and input elements. Downside: whitespaces or newlines after
block level elements will also have one trailing whitespace.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ loose: true });

minimize.parse( '

`title`

  \n  content\n  
    ',
  function (error, data) {
    // data output: title
  content 
 '
  }
);


###### dom

Minimize use !(htmlparser2)[https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2] to parse the dom. The dom option permit to customize htmlparser2.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ dom: { lowerCaseAttributeNames: false }});

minimize.parse( 'link', function (error, data) { // data output: link ' } );`

`Plugins`

Register a set of plugins that will be ran on each iterated element. Plugins are ran in order, errors will stop the iteration and invoke the completion callback.

`js var Minimize = require('minimize') , minimize = new Minimize({ plugins: [{ id: 'remove', element: function element(node, next) { // callback is optional if (node.type === 'text') delete node.data; next(); } }]});

minimize.parse( '

`title`

',
  function (error, data) {
    // data output: 

  }
);

Note: plugins have no control over the flow of minimize. The DOM structure that is parsed by [htmlparser2][fb55] is asynchronously reduced. Each element is handed of to the pluginelementmethod. Thus, plugins have full control over properties of eachnodeas objects always have reference in javascript.

#### Available plugins

- uglifyjs: minify script content - handlebars: allow handlebar template tags

`Tests`

Tests can be easily run by using either of the following commands. Travis.ci is used for continous integration.

`bash make test make test-watch npm test``

Benchmarks

Credits

Minimize is influenced by the [HTML minifier][kangax] of kangax. This module
parses the DOM as string as opposes to an object. However, retaining flow is more
diffucult if the DOM is parsed sequentially. Minimize is not client-side ready.
Kangax minifier also provides some additional options like linting. Minimize
will retain strictly to the business of minifying. Minimize is already used in
production by [Nodejitsu][nodejitsu].

[node-htmlparser][fb55] of fb55 is used to create an object representation
of the DOM.

[kangax]: https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier/
[fb55]: https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2
[nodejitsu]: http://www.nodejitsu.com/

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