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

jQuery module can be installed using:

npm install jquery

Example:

var $ = require('jquery');
var http = require('http');

var options = {
    host: 'jquery.com',
    port: 80,
    path: '/'
};

var html = '';
http.get(options, function(res) {
res.on('data', function(data) {
    // collect the data chunks to the variable named "html"
    html += data;
}).on('end', function() {
    // the whole of webpage data has been collected. parsing time!
    var title = $(html).find('title').text();
    console.log(title);
 });
});

References of jQuery in Node.js** :

• http://quaintous.com/2015/07/31/jqery-node-mystery/
• http://www.hacksparrow.com/jquery-with-node-js.html