Ignoring ejs script tags (ejs)

Is it possible for cheerio to handle or ignore ejs tags like <% ... %>. I’m finding when I call $.html() it mangles the contents.

Great lib though 😃

[mbernath]

+1

For those who also have EJS code within attributes, e.g.<img src="<%= pictureUrl %>" alt="">, here is another workaround:

  var ejsCache = [];
  html = html.replace(/<%(.*?)%>/g, function (match) {
    ejsCache.push(match);
    return 'cachedejsstart' + (ejsCache.length-1) + 'cachedejsend';
  });
  // ... Perform operations here ...
  html = html.replace(/cachedejsstart(\d*)cachedejsend/g,function (match, num) {
    return ejsCache[parseInt(num)];
  });

[furqanZafar]

+1

Possible workaround:

1. replace ejs tags with html comments

str.replace(/<%((.|\s)*?)%>/g, function(match, subMatch){ return "<!-- <%"+subMatch+"%> -->" });

1. perform jquery operations …

$("head").append($("<script/>").attr("src", "http://dynamic.js"));

1. remove the comments from the ejs tags

$.html().replace(/<!-- <%((.|\s)*?)%> -->/g, (match, subMatch){ return "<%"+subMatch+"%>"});