Adds one extra function to cheerio: get a unique css selector.
When searching through the ancestors while building the selector the algorithm with stop at the closest element that has an id.
Install the package:
npm install cheerio-get-css-selectorInit the library and pass it your cheerio object:
require('cheerio-get-css-selector').init($);Use it as a method of cheerio objects:
$element.getUniqueSelector();<html>
<body>
<div id="my-div">
<span>
<span class="test-class"></span>
<span></span>
</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var GetUniqueSelector = require('cheerio-get-css-selector');
var $ = cheerio.load('<html><body><div id="my-div"><span><span class="test-class"></span></span></div></body></html>');
GetUniqueSelector.init($);
var $element = $('.test-class');
console.log($element.getUniqueSelector()); // outputs:#my-div > span > span:first-child