highlight javascript syntax with html

highlight-javascript-syntax

highlight javascript syntax with html

This module inserts <span> elements into a string of javascript syntax.

example

var highlight = require('highlight-javascript-syntax')
var fs = require('fs')

var str = process.argv.slice(2).join(' ')
console.log(highlight(str))

$ node cmd.js 'console.log("hello")'
<span class="program"><span class="expression-statement"><span class="call-expression"><span class="member-expression"><span class="identifier">console</span>.<span class="identifier">log</span></span>(<span class="literal">"hello"</span>)</span></span></span>

api

var highlight = require('highlight-javascript-syntax')

var html = highlight(js)

Return a string of html given a string of javascript js.

styling

The span class names are lowercased, dashed versions of node types.

For a full list, consult the file syntax.css included in this distribution.

install

$ npm install highlight-javascript-syntax

license

BSD