# rehype
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**[unified][]** processor to add support for parsing from HTML and serializing
to HTML.
## Contents
* [What is this?](#what-is-this)
* [When should I use this?](#when-should-i-use-this)
* [Install](#install)
* [Use](#use)
* [API](#api)
* [`rehype()`](#rehype-1)
* [Examples](#examples)
* [Example: passing options to `rehype-parse`, `rehype-stringify`](#example-passing-options-to-rehype-parse-rehype-stringify)
* [Syntax](#syntax)
* [Syntax tree](#syntax-tree)
* [Types](#types)
* [Compatibility](#compatibility)
* [Security](#security)
* [Contribute](#contribute)
* [Sponsor](#sponsor)
* [License](#license)
## What is this?
This package is a [unified][] processor with support for parsing HTML as input
and serializing HTML as output by using unified with
[`rehype-parse`][rehype-parse] and [`rehype-stringify`][rehype-stringify].
See [the monorepo readme][rehype] for info on what the rehype ecosystem is.
## When should I use this?
You can use this package when you want to use unified, have HTML as input, and
want HTML as output.
This package is a shortcut for
`unified().use(rehypeParse).use(rehypeStringify)`.
When the input isn’t HTML (meaning you don’t need `rehype-parse`) or the
output is not HTML (you don’t need `rehype-stringify`), it’s recommended to
use `unified` directly.
When you’re in a browser, trust your content, don’t need positional info on
nodes or formatting options, and value a smaller bundle size, you can use
[`rehype-dom`][rehype-dom] instead.
When you want to inspect and format HTML files in a project on the command
line, you can use [`rehype-cli`][rehype-cli].
## Install
This package is [ESM only][esm].
In Node.js (version 16+), install with [npm][]:
```sh
npm install rehype
```
In Deno with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```js
import {rehype} from 'https://esm.sh/rehype@13'
```
In browsers with [`esm.sh`][esmsh]:
```html
```
## Use
Say we have the following module `example.js`:
```js
import {rehype} from 'rehype'
import rehypeFormat from 'rehype-format'
const file = await rehype().use(rehypeFormat).process(`
Hi!
Hello!
`)
console.error(String(file))
```
…running that with `node example.js` yields:
```html
Hi!
Hello!
```
## API
This package exports the identifier [`rehype`][api-rehype].
There is no default export.
### `rehype()`
Create a new unified processor that already uses
[`rehype-parse`][rehype-parse] and [`rehype-stringify`][rehype-stringify].
You can add more plugins with `use`.
See [`unified`][unified] for more information.
## Examples
### Example: passing options to `rehype-parse`, `rehype-stringify`
When you use `rehype-parse` or `rehype-stringify` manually you can pass options
directly to them with `use`.
Because both plugins are already used in `rehype`, that’s not possible.
To define options for them, you can instead pass options to `data`:
```js
import {rehype} from 'rehype'
import {reporter} from 'vfile-reporter'
const file = await rehype()
.data('settings', {
emitParseErrors: true,
fragment: true,
preferUnquoted: true
})
.process('')
console.error(reporter(file))
console.log(String(file))
```
…yields:
```txt
1:21-1:21 warning Unexpected duplicate attribute duplicate-attribute hast-util-from-html
⚠ 1 warning
```
```html
```
## Syntax
HTML is parsed and serialized according to WHATWG HTML (the living standard),
which is also followed by all browsers.
## Syntax tree
The syntax tree format used in rehype is [hast][].
## Types
This package is fully typed with [TypeScript][].
It exports no additional types.
## Compatibility
Projects maintained by the unified collective are compatible with maintained
versions of Node.js.
When we cut a new major release, we drop support for unmaintained versions of
Node.
This means we try to keep the current release line, `rehype@^13`, compatible
with Node.js 16.
## Security
As **rehype** works on HTML, and improper use of HTML can open you up to a
[cross-site scripting (XSS)][xss] attack, use of rehype can also be unsafe.
Use [`rehype-sanitize`][rehype-sanitize] to make the tree safe.
Use of rehype plugins could also open you up to other attacks.
Carefully assess each plugin and the risks involved in using them.
For info on how to submit a report, see our [security policy][security].
## Contribute
See [`contributing.md`][contributing] in [`rehypejs/.github`][health] for ways
to get started.
See [`support.md`][support] for ways to get help.
This project has a [code of conduct][coc].
By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to
abide by its terms.
## Sponsor
Support this effort and give back by sponsoring on [OpenCollective][collective]!
## License
[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]
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[chat]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype/discussions
[health]: https://github.com/rehypejs/.github
[security]: https://github.com/rehypejs/.github/blob/main/security.md
[contributing]: https://github.com/rehypejs/.github/blob/main/contributing.md
[support]: https://github.com/rehypejs/.github/blob/main/support.md
[coc]: https://github.com/rehypejs/.github/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md
[license]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype/blob/main/license
[author]: https://wooorm.com
[esm]: https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c
[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
[esmsh]: https://esm.sh
[unified]: https://github.com/unifiedjs/unified
[rehype]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype
[hast]: https://github.com/syntax-tree/hast
[xss]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting
[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org
[rehype-parse]: ../rehype-parse/
[rehype-stringify]: ../rehype-stringify/
[rehype-cli]: ../rehype-cli/
[rehype-sanitize]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype-sanitize
[rehype-dom]: https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype-dom/tree/main/packages/rehype-dom
[api-rehype]: #rehype-1
