truncate-html

Truncate html string(even contains emoji chars) and keep tags in safe. You can custom ellipsis sign, ignore unwanted elements and truncate html by words.

Notice This is a node module depends on cheerio _can only run on nodejs_. If you need a browser version, you may consider truncate or nodejs-html-truncate.

``javascript
const truncate = require('truncate-html')
truncate('

Hello from earth!

', 2, { byWords: true })
// =>

Hello from ...

`

Installation

npm install truncate-html

or

yarn add truncate-html

Try it online

Click to try.

API

`ts
/**
* custom node strategy, default to Cheerio
'remove' to remove the node
'keep' to keep the node(and anything inside it) anyway, and won't be counted as there is no text content in it
Cheerio truncate the returned node
undefined or any falsy value to truncate original node
*/
type ICustomNodeStrategy = (node: Cheerio) => 'remove' | 'keep' | Cheerio | undefined

/**
* truncate-html full options object
*/
interface IFullOptions {
/**
* remove all tags, default false
*/
stripTags: boolean
/**
* ellipsis sign, default '...'
*/
ellipsis: string
/**
* decode html entities(e.g. convert & to &) before counting length, default false
*/
decodeEntities: boolean
/**
* elements' selector you want ignore
*/
excludes: string | string[]
/**
* custom node strategy, default to Cheerio
'remove' to remove the node
'keep' to keep the node(and anything inside it) anyway, and won't be counted as there is no text content in it
Cheerio truncate the returned node
undefined or any falsy value to truncate original node
*/
customNodeStrategy: ICustomNodeStrategy
/**
* how many letters(words if byWords is true) you want reserve
*/
length: number
/**
* if true, length means how many words to reserve
*/
byWords: boolean
/**
* how to deal with when truncate in the middle of a word
* 1. by default, just cut at that position.
* 2. set it to true, with max exceed 10 letters can exceed to reserver the last word
* 3. set it to a positive number decide how many letters can exceed to reserve the last word
* 4. set it to negative number to remove the last word if cut in the middle.
*/
reserveLastWord: boolean | number
/**
* if reserveLastWord set to negative number, and there is only one word in the html string, when trimTheOnlyWord set to true, the extra letters will be sliced if word's length longer than length.
* see issue #23 for more details
*/
trimTheOnlyWord: boolean
/**
* keep whitespaces, by default continuous paces will
* be replaced with one space, set it true to keep them
*/
keepWhitespaces: boolean
}

/**
* options interface for function
*/
type IOptions = Partial

function truncate(html: string | CheerioAPI, length?: number | IOptions, truncateOptions?: IOptions): string
// and truncate.setup to change default options
truncate.setup(options: IOptions): void
`

$3

`js
{
stripTags: false,
ellipsis: '...',
decodeEntities: false,
excludes: '',
byWords: false,
reserveLastWord: false,
trimTheOnlyWord: false,
keepWhitespaces: false
}
`

You can change default options by using truncate.setup

e.g.

`ts
truncate.setup({ stripTags: true, length: 10 })
truncate('

Hello from earth!

')
// => Hello from
`

or use existing cheerio instance

`ts
import * as cheerio from 'cheerio'
truncate.setup({ stripTags: true, length: 10 })
// truncate option decodeEntities will not work
// you should config it in cheerio options by yourself
const $ = cheerio.load('

Hello from earth!

', {
/* set decodeEntities if you need it /
decodeEntities: true
/ any cheerio instance options/
}, false) // third parameter is for isDocument option, set to false to get rid of extra wrappers, see cheerio's doc for details
truncate($)
// => Hello from
`

Notice

$3

This lib is written with typescript and has a type definition file along with it. ~~You may need to update your tsconfig.json by adding "esModuleInterop": true to the compilerOptions if you encounter some typing errors, see #19.~~

`ts
import truncate, { type IOptions } from 'truncate-html'


const html = '

italicboldThis is a string

for test.'

const options: IOptions = {
length: 10,
byWords: true
}

truncate(html, options)
// =>

italicbold...

`

$3

In complex html string, you may want to keep some special elements and truncate the others. You can use customNodeStrategy to achieve this:
* return 'remove' to remove the node
* keep to keep the node(and anything inside it) anyway, and won't be counted as there is no text content in it
* Cheerio to truncate the returned node, or any falsy value to truncate the original node.

`ts
import truncate, { type IOptions, type ICustomNodeStrategy } from 'truncate-html'

// argument node is a cheerio instance
const customNodeStrategy: ICustomNodeStrategy = node => {
// remove img tag
if (node.is('img')) {
return 'remove'
}
// keep italic tag and its children
if (node.is('i')) {
return 'keep'
}
// truncate summary tag that inside details tag instead of details tag
if (node.is('details')) {
return node.find('summary')
}
}

const html = '

italicbold

Click me

Some details

This is a string

for test.'

const options: IOptions = {
length: 10,
customNodeStrategy
}

truncate(html, options)
// =>

italicbold

Click me

Some details

Th...


`

$3

If the html string content's length is shorter than options.length, then no ellipsis will be appended to the final html string. If longer, then the final string length will be options.length + options.ellipsis. And if you set reserveLastWord to true or none zero number or using customNodeStrategy, the final string will be various.

$3

All html comments will be removed

$3

When dealing with none alphabetic languages, such as Chinese/Japanese/Korean, they don't separate words with whitespaces, so options byWords and reserveLastWord should only works well with alphabetic languages.

And the only dependency of this project cheerio has an issue when dealing with none alphabetic languages, see Known Issues for details.

$3

If you want to use existing cheerio instance, truncate option decodeEntities will not work, you should set it in your own cheerio instance:

`js
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
const $ = cheerio.load(${html}, {
decodeEntities: true
/* other cheerio options /
}, false) // third parameter is for isDocument option, set to false to get rid of extra wrappers, see cheerio's doc for details
truncate($, 10)

`

Examples

`javascript
var truncate = require('truncate-html')

// truncate html
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, 10)
// returns:

This is a ...

// truncate string with emojis
var string = '

poo 💩💩💩💩💩

'
truncate(string, 6)
// returns:

poo 💩💩...

// with options, remove all tags
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, 10, { stripTags: true })
// returns: This is a ...

// with options, truncate by words.
// if you try to truncate none alphabet language(like CJK)
// it will not act as you wish
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, 3, { byWords: true })
// returns:

This is a ...

// with options, keep whitespaces
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, 10, { keepWhitespaces: true })
// returns:

This is a ...

// combine length and options
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, {
length: 10,
stripTags: true
})
// returns: This is a ...

// custom ellipsis sign
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, {
length: 10,
ellipsis: '~'
})
// returns:

This is a ~

// exclude some special elements(by selector), they will be removed before counting content's length
var html = '

This is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, {
length: 10,
ellipsis: '~',
excludes: 'img'
})
// returns:

This is a ~

// exclude more than one category elements
var html =
'

This is a string

unwanted string inserted ( ´•̥̥̥ω•̥̥̥ ）

for test.'
truncate(html, {
length: 20,
stripTags: true,
ellipsis: '~',
excludes: ['img', '.something-unwanted']
})
// returns: This is a string for~

// handing encoded characters
var html = '

 test for <p> encoded string

'
truncate(html, {
length: 20,
decodeEntities: true
})
// returns:

test for <p> encode...

// when set decodeEntities false
var html = '

 test for <p> encoded string

'
truncate(html, {
length: 20,
decodeEntities: false // this is the default value
})
// returns:

 test for <p...

// and there may be a surprise by setting decodeEntities to true when handing CJK characters
var html = '

 test for <p> 中文 string

'
truncate(html, {
length: 20,
decodeEntities: true
})
// returns:

test for <p> 中文 str...

// to fix this, see below for instructions

// custom node strategy to keep some special elements
var html = '

italicboldThis is a string

for test.'
truncate(html, {
length: 10,
customNodeStrategy: node => {
if (node.is('img')) {
return 'remove'
}
if (node.is('i')) {
return 'keep'
}
}
})
// returns:

italicboldThis is a ...

// custom node strategy to truncate summary instead of original node
var html = '

Click me

Some details

other things

'
truncate(html, {
length: 10,
customNodeStrategy: node => {
if (node.is('details')) {
return node.find('summary')
}
}
})
// returns:

Click me

Some details

ot...

```

for More usages, check truncate.spec.ts

Credits

Thanks to:

- @calebeno es6 support and unit tests
- @aaditya-thakkar emoji truncating support