node.js regEx that remove a tags

Question

I need regex that remove all the a tags from html and show the url as text.

for example this text:

abc <a href="http://a.com" target="_blank">bbb</a> ccccccc

will become:

abc bbb http://a.com ccccccc

Why do you "need" a regular expression to do this (imperfectly, with edge-cases) when the DOM gives you far more reliability? And why does the href ("http://a.com") come between bbb and cccccc? — David Thomas
– David Thomas, Commented Aug 7, 2016 at 20:23
I work on node.js so I dont have dom. I nead to show all the date from html to no-html area. — Daniel Erez
– Daniel Erez, Commented Aug 7, 2016 at 20:29

csabinho · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 20:20:05Z

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You could use getElementsByTagName for "a" and getAttribute for "href" or has it got to be a RegEx?

answered Aug 7, 2016 at 20:20

csabinho

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3 Comments

it has got in RegEx, I'ts write in node.js so I don't have dom.

maybe this post link is helpful.

I can use also npmjs.com/package/jQuery but I prefer to use regEx or string manipulation

splintor · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-11 07:41:11Z

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text = html.replace(/href="([^"]*)"[^>]*>([^<]*)</g, '>$2 $1<').replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '');

The first replace adds the url after the link text. The second replace removes all html tags.

answered Aug 11, 2016 at 7:34

splintor

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