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cheerio

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1.2.0 (21 Feb 2026) Oct 08 2011 80.4 million (month)

cheerio is a popular JavaScript library that allows you to interact with and manipulate HTML and XML documents in a similar way to how you would with jQuery in a browser. It is a fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.

One of the main benefits of using cheerio is that it allows you to use jQuery-like syntax to navigate and m anipulate the Document Object Model (DOM) of an HTML or XML document, making it easy to work with.

cheerio supports CSS selectors though not XPath.

Example Use


```javascript const cheerio = require('cheerio'); const $ = cheerio.load('My title

Hello World!

'); // use css selectors console.log($('title').text()); // My title console.log($('.name').text()); // Hello World!

// select multiple elements const $ = cheerio.load('

  • item 1
  • item 2
'); $('li').each(function(i, elem) { console.log($(this).text()); });

// modify elements const $ = cheerio.load('

Hello World!

'); $('h1').text('Hello, Cheerio!'); console.log($.html()); ```

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