Can I use jQuery with Node.js?

Question

Is it possible to use jQuery selectors/DOM manipulation on the server-side using Node.js?

Answer 1

npm install jquery --save #note ALL LOWERCASE

npm install jsdom --save

const jsdom = require("jsdom");
const dom = new jsdom.JSDOM(``);
var $ = require("jquery")(dom.window);


$.getJSON('https://api.github.com/users/nhambayi',function(data) {
  console.log(data);
});