node-html-parser 4.1.4 → 5.2.0

package/dist/main.js

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var __spreadArray = (this && this.__spreadArray) || function (to, from, pack) {
             ar[i] = from[i];
         }
     }
-    return to.concat(ar || from);
+    return to.concat(ar || Array.prototype.slice.call(from));
 };
 define("back", ["require", "exports"], function (require, exports) {
     "use strict";
@@ -293,89 +293,40 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
     matcher_1 = __importDefault(matcher_1);
     back_1 = __importDefault(back_1);
     comment_1 = __importDefault(comment_1);
-    // const { decode } = he;
+    var voidTags = new Set(['area', 'base', 'br', 'col', 'embed', 'hr', 'img', 'input', 'link', 'meta', 'param', 'source', 'track', 'wbr']);
     function decode(val) {
         // clone string
         return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(he_2.default.decode(val)));
     }
     // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Block-level_elements
+    var Htags = ['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'header', 'hgroup'];
+    var Dtags = ['details', 'dialog', 'dd', 'div', 'dt'];
+    var Ftags = ['fieldset', 'figcaption', 'figure', 'footer', 'form'];
+    var tableTags = ['table', 'td', 'tr'];
+    var htmlTags = ['address', 'article', 'aside', 'blockquote', 'br', 'hr', 'li', 'main', 'nav', 'ol', 'p', 'pre', 'section', 'ul'];
     var kBlockElements = new Set();
-    kBlockElements.add('address');
-    kBlockElements.add('ADDRESS');
-    kBlockElements.add('article');
-    kBlockElements.add('ARTICLE');
-    kBlockElements.add('aside');
-    kBlockElements.add('ASIDE');
-    kBlockElements.add('blockquote');
-    kBlockElements.add('BLOCKQUOTE');
-    kBlockElements.add('br');
-    kBlockElements.add('BR');
-    kBlockElements.add('details');
-    kBlockElements.add('DETAILS');
-    kBlockElements.add('dialog');
-    kBlockElements.add('DIALOG');
-    kBlockElements.add('dd');
-    kBlockElements.add('DD');
-    kBlockElements.add('div');
-    kBlockElements.add('DIV');
-    kBlockElements.add('dl');
-    kBlockElements.add('DL');
-    kBlockElements.add('dt');
-    kBlockElements.add('DT');
-    kBlockElements.add('fieldset');
-    kBlockElements.add('FIELDSET');
-    kBlockElements.add('figcaption');
-    kBlockElements.add('FIGCAPTION');
-    kBlockElements.add('figure');
-    kBlockElements.add('FIGURE');
-    kBlockElements.add('footer');
-    kBlockElements.add('FOOTER');
-    kBlockElements.add('form');
-    kBlockElements.add('FORM');
-    kBlockElements.add('h1');
-    kBlockElements.add('H1');
-    kBlockElements.add('h2');
-    kBlockElements.add('H2');
-    kBlockElements.add('h3');
-    kBlockElements.add('H3');
-    kBlockElements.add('h4');
-    kBlockElements.add('H4');
-    kBlockElements.add('h5');
-    kBlockElements.add('H5');
-    kBlockElements.add('h6');
-    kBlockElements.add('H6');
-    kBlockElements.add('header');
-    kBlockElements.add('HEADER');
-    kBlockElements.add('hgroup');
-    kBlockElements.add('HGROUP');
-    kBlockElements.add('hr');
-    kBlockElements.add('HR');
-    kBlockElements.add('li');
-    kBlockElements.add('LI');
-    kBlockElements.add('main');
-    kBlockElements.add('MAIN');
-    kBlockElements.add('nav');
-    kBlockElements.add('NAV');
-    kBlockElements.add('ol');
-    kBlockElements.add('OL');
-    kBlockElements.add('p');
-    kBlockElements.add('P');
-    kBlockElements.add('pre');
-    kBlockElements.add('PRE');
-    kBlockElements.add('section');
-    kBlockElements.add('SECTION');
-    kBlockElements.add('table');
-    kBlockElements.add('TABLE');
-    kBlockElements.add('td');
-    kBlockElements.add('TD');
-    kBlockElements.add('tr');
-    kBlockElements.add('TR');
-    kBlockElements.add('ul');
-    kBlockElements.add('UL');
+    function addToKBlockElement() {
+        var args = [];
+        for (var _i = 0; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
+            args[_i] = arguments[_i];
+        }
+        var addToSet = function (array) {
+            for (var index = 0; index < array.length; index++) {
+                var element = array[index];
+                kBlockElements.add(element);
+                kBlockElements.add(element.toUpperCase());
+            }
+        };
+        for (var _a = 0, args_1 = args; _a < args_1.length; _a++) {
+            var arg = args_1[_a];
+            addToSet(arg);
+        }
+    }
+    addToKBlockElement(Htags, Dtags, Ftags, tableTags, htmlTags);
     var DOMTokenList = /** @class */ (function () {
         function DOMTokenList(valuesInit, afterUpdate) {
             if (valuesInit === void 0) { valuesInit = []; }
-            if (afterUpdate === void 0) { afterUpdate = (function () { return null; }); }
+            if (afterUpdate === void 0) { afterUpdate = function () { return null; }; }
             this._set = new Set(valuesInit);
             this._afterUpdate = afterUpdate;
         }
@@ -396,8 +347,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             this._afterUpdate(this); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
         };
         DOMTokenList.prototype.remove = function (c) {
-            this._set.delete(c) &&
-                this._afterUpdate(this); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+            this._set.delete(c) && this._afterUpdate(this); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
         };
         DOMTokenList.prototype.toggle = function (c) {
             this._validate(c);
@@ -462,8 +412,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             _this.rawAttrs = rawAttrs || '';
             _this.id = keyAttrs.id || '';
             _this.childNodes = [];
-            _this.classList = new DOMTokenList(keyAttrs.class ? keyAttrs.class.split(/\s+/) : [], function (classList) { return (_this.setAttribute('class', classList.toString()) // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
-            ); });
+            _this.classList = new DOMTokenList(keyAttrs.class ? keyAttrs.class.split(/\s+/) : [], function (classList) { return _this.setAttribute('class', classList.toString()); } // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+            );
             if (keyAttrs.id) {
                 if (!rawAttrs) {
                     _this.rawAttrs = "id=\"" + keyAttrs.id + "\"";
@@ -488,8 +438,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
          * @returns {string} quoted value
          */
         HTMLElement.prototype.quoteAttribute = function (attr) {
-            if (attr === null) {
-                return "null";
+            if (attr == null) {
+                return 'null';
             }
             return JSON.stringify(attr.replace(/"/g, '&quot;'));
         };
@@ -511,7 +461,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
          */
         HTMLElement.prototype.removeChild = function (node) {
             this.childNodes = this.childNodes.filter(function (child) {
-                return (child !== node);
+                return child !== node;
             });
         };
         /**
@@ -532,6 +482,9 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             get: function () {
                 return this.rawTagName ? this.rawTagName.toUpperCase() : this.rawTagName;
             },
+            set: function (newname) {
+                this.rawTagName = newname.toLowerCase();
+            },
             enumerable: false,
             configurable: true
         });
@@ -542,6 +495,13 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             enumerable: false,
             configurable: true
         });
+        Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "isVoidElement", {
+            get: function () {
+                return voidTags.has(this.localName);
+            },
+            enumerable: false,
+            configurable: true
+        });
         Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "rawText", {
             /**
              * Get escpaed (as-it) text value of current node and its children.
@@ -589,11 +549,11 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                     if (node.nodeType === type_3.default.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                         if (kBlockElements.has(node.rawTagName)) {
                             if (currentBlock.length > 0) {
-                                blocks.push(currentBlock = []);
+                                blocks.push((currentBlock = []));
                             }
                             node.childNodes.forEach(dfs);
                             if (currentBlock.length > 0) {
-                                blocks.push(currentBlock = []);
+                                blocks.push((currentBlock = []));
                             }
                         }
                         else {
@@ -616,11 +576,12 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                     }
                 }
                 dfs(this);
-                return blocks.map(function (block) {
-                    // Normalize each line's whitespace
-                    return block.join('').replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ');
+                return blocks
+                    .map(function (block) {
+                    return block.join('').replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' '); // Normalize each line's whitespace
                 })
-                    .join('\n').replace(/\s+$/, ''); // trimRight;
+                    .join('\n')
+                    .replace(/\s+$/, ''); // trimRight;
             },
             enumerable: false,
             configurable: true
@@ -628,22 +589,18 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         HTMLElement.prototype.toString = function () {
             var tag = this.rawTagName;
             if (tag) {
-                // const void_tags = new Set('area|base|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param|source|track|wbr'.split('|'));
-                // const is_void = void_tags.has(tag);
-                var is_void = /^(area|base|br|col|embed|hr|img|input|link|meta|param|source|track|wbr)$/i.test(tag);
                 var attrs = this.rawAttrs ? " " + this.rawAttrs : '';
-                if (is_void) {
-                    return "<" + tag + attrs + ">";
-                }
-                return "<" + tag + attrs + ">" + this.innerHTML + "</" + tag + ">";
+                return this.isVoidElement ? "<" + tag + attrs + ">" : "<" + tag + attrs + ">" + this.innerHTML + "</" + tag + ">";
             }
             return this.innerHTML;
         };
         Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "innerHTML", {
             get: function () {
-                return this.childNodes.map(function (child) {
+                return this.childNodes
+                    .map(function (child) {
                     return child.toString();
-                }).join('');
+                })
+                    .join('');
             },
             set: function (content) {
                 //const r = parse(content, global.options); // TODO global.options ?
@@ -670,7 +627,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             for (var _i = 0; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
                 nodes[_i] = arguments[_i];
             }
-            var content = nodes.map(function (node) {
+            var content = nodes
+                .map(function (node) {
                 if (node instanceof node_2.default) {
                     return [node];
                 }
@@ -680,7 +638,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                     return r.childNodes.length ? r.childNodes : [new text_1.default(node, _this)];
                 }
                 return [];
-            }).flat();
+            })
+                .flat();
             var idx = this.parentNode.childNodes.findIndex(function (child) {
                 return child === _this;
             });
@@ -727,8 +686,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                     res.push('  '.repeat(indention) + str);
                 }
                 function dfs(node) {
-                    var idStr = node.id ? ("#" + node.id) : '';
-                    var classStr = node.classList.length ? ("." + node.classList.value.join('.')) : ''; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+                    var idStr = node.id ? "#" + node.id : '';
+                    var classStr = node.classList.length ? "." + node.classList.value.join('.') : ''; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
                     write("" + node.rawTagName + idStr + classStr);
                     indention++;
                     node.childNodes.forEach(function (childNode) {
@@ -779,113 +738,57 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         HTMLElement.prototype.querySelectorAll = function (selector) {
             return (0, css_select_1.selectAll)(selector, this, {
                 xmlMode: true,
-                adapter: matcher_1.default
+                adapter: matcher_1.default,
             });
-            // let matcher: Matcher;
-            // if (selector instanceof Matcher) {
-            // 	matcher = selector;
-            // 	matcher.reset();
-            // } else {
-            // 	if (selector.includes(',')) {
-            // 		const selectors = selector.split(',');
-            // 		return Array.from(selectors.reduce((pre, cur) => {
-            // 			const result = this.querySelectorAll(cur.trim());
-            // 			return result.reduce((p, c) => {
-            // 				return p.add(c);
-            // 			}, pre);
-            // 		}, new Set<HTMLElement>()));
-            // 	}
-            // 	matcher = new Matcher(selector);
-            // }
-            // interface IStack {
-            // 	0: Node;	// node
-            // 	1: number;	// children
-            // 	2: boolean;	// found flag
-            // }
-            // const stack = [] as IStack[];
-            // return this.childNodes.reduce((res, cur) => {
-            // 	stack.push([cur, 0, false]);
-            // 	while (stack.length) {
-            // 		const state = arr_back(stack);	// get last element
-            // 		const el = state[0];
-            // 		if (state[1] === 0) {
-            // 			// Seen for first time.
-            // 			if (el.nodeType !== NodeType.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-            // 				stack.pop();
-            // 				continue;
-            // 			}
-            // 			const html_el = el as HTMLElement;
-            // 			state[2] = matcher.advance(html_el);
-            // 			if (state[2]) {
-            // 				if (matcher.matched) {
-            // 					res.push(html_el);
-            // 					res.push(...(html_el.querySelectorAll(selector)));
-            // 					// no need to go further.
-            // 					matcher.rewind();
-            // 					stack.pop();
-            // 					continue;
-            // 				}
-            // 			}
-            // 		}
-            // 		if (state[1] < el.childNodes.length) {
-            // 			stack.push([el.childNodes[state[1]++], 0, false]);
-            // 		} else {
-            // 			if (state[2]) {
-            // 				matcher.rewind();
-            // 			}
-            // 			stack.pop();
-            // 		}
-            // 	}
-            // 	return res;
-            // }, [] as HTMLElement[]);
         };
         /**
          * Query CSS Selector to find matching node.
          * @param  {string}         selector Simplified CSS selector
-         * @return {HTMLElement}    matching node
+         * @return {(HTMLElement|null)}    matching node
          */
         HTMLElement.prototype.querySelector = function (selector) {
             return (0, css_select_1.selectOne)(selector, this, {
                 xmlMode: true,
-                adapter: matcher_1.default
+                adapter: matcher_1.default,
             });
-            // let matcher: Matcher;
-            // if (selector instanceof Matcher) {
-            // 	matcher = selector;
-            // 	matcher.reset();
-            // } else {
-            // 	matcher = new Matcher(selector);
-            // }
-            // const stack = [] as { 0: Node; 1: 0 | 1; 2: boolean }[];
-            // for (const node of this.childNodes) {
-            // 	stack.push([node, 0, false]);
-            // 	while (stack.length) {
-            // 		const state = arr_back(stack);
-            // 		const el = state[0];
-            // 		if (state[1] === 0) {
-            // 			// Seen for first time.
-            // 			if (el.nodeType !== NodeType.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-            // 				stack.pop();
-            // 				continue;
-            // 			}
-            // 			state[2] = matcher.advance(el as HTMLElement);
-            // 			if (state[2]) {
-            // 				if (matcher.matched) {
-            // 					return el as HTMLElement;
-            // 				}
-            // 			}
-            // 		}
-            // 		if (state[1] < el.childNodes.length) {
-            // 			stack.push([el.childNodes[state[1]++], 0, false]);
-            // 		} else {
-            // 			if (state[2]) {
-            // 				matcher.rewind();
-            // 			}
-            // 			stack.pop();
-            // 		}
-            // 	}
-            // }
-            // return null;
+        };
+        /**
+         * find elements by their tagName
+         * @param {string} tagName the tagName of the elements to select
+         */
+        HTMLElement.prototype.getElementsByTagName = function (tagName) {
+            var upperCasedTagName = tagName.toUpperCase();
+            var re = [];
+            var stack = [];
+            var currentNodeReference = this;
+            var index = 0;
+            // index turns to undefined once the stack is empty and the first condition occurs
+            // which happens once all relevant children are searched through
+            while (index !== undefined) {
+                var child = void 0;
+                // make it work with sparse arrays
+                do {
+                    child = currentNodeReference.childNodes[index++];
+                } while (index < currentNodeReference.childNodes.length && child === undefined);
+                // if the child does not exist we move on with the last provided index (which belongs to the parentNode)
+                if (child === undefined) {
+                    currentNodeReference = currentNodeReference.parentNode;
+                    index = stack.pop();
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (child.nodeType === type_3.default.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+                    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getElementsByTagName#syntax
+                    if (tagName === '*' || child.tagName === upperCasedTagName)
+                        re.push(child);
+                    // if children are existing push the current status to the stack and keep searching for elements in the level below
+                    if (child.childNodes.length > 0) {
+                        stack.push(index);
+                        currentNodeReference = child;
+                        index = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return re;
         };
         /**
          * traverses the Element and its parents (heading toward the document root) until it finds a node that matches the provided selector string. Will return itself or the matching ancestor. If no such element exists, it returns null.
@@ -927,7 +830,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                             return [node];
                         }, findOne: findOne, findAll: function () {
                             return [];
-                        } })
+                        } }),
                 });
                 if (e) {
                     return e;
@@ -1005,7 +908,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         });
         Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "rawAttributes", {
             /**
-             * Get escaped (as-it) attributes
+             * Get escaped (as-is) attributes
              * @return {Object} parsed attributes
              */
             get: function () {
@@ -1014,10 +917,14 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                 }
                 var attrs = {};
                 if (this.rawAttrs) {
-                    var re = /([a-z()#][a-z0-9-_:()#]*)(?:\s*=\s*(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|(\S+)))?/ig;
+                    var re = /([a-zA-Z()#][a-zA-Z0-9-_:()#]*)(?:\s*=\s*((?:'[^']*')|(?:"[^"]*")|\S+))?/g;
                     var match = void 0;
                     while ((match = re.exec(this.rawAttrs))) {
-                        attrs[match[1]] = match[2] || match[3] || match[4] || null;
+                        var key = match[1];
+                        var val = match[2] || null;
+                        if (val && (val[0] === "'" || val[0] === "\""))
+                            val = val.slice(1, val.length - 1);
+                        attrs[key] = val;
                     }
                 }
                 this._rawAttrs = attrs;
@@ -1034,13 +941,15 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                 delete this._attrs[key];
             }
             // Update rawString
-            this.rawAttrs = Object.keys(attrs).map(function (name) {
+            this.rawAttrs = Object.keys(attrs)
+                .map(function (name) {
                 var val = JSON.stringify(attrs[name]);
                 if (val === undefined || val === 'null') {
                     return name;
                 }
                 return name + "=" + val;
-            }).join(' ');
+            })
+                .join(' ');
             // Update this.id
             if (key === 'id') {
                 this.id = '';
@@ -1064,7 +973,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         HTMLElement.prototype.setAttribute = function (key, value) {
             var _this = this;
             if (arguments.length < 2) {
-                throw new Error('Failed to execute \'setAttribute\' on \'Element\'');
+                throw new Error("Failed to execute 'setAttribute' on 'Element'");
             }
             var k2 = key.toLowerCase();
             var attrs = this.rawAttributes;
@@ -1080,13 +989,14 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                 this._attrs[k2] = decode(attrs[key]);
             }
             // Update rawString
-            this.rawAttrs = Object.keys(attrs).map(function (name) {
+            this.rawAttrs = Object.keys(attrs)
+                .map(function (name) {
                 var val = _this.quoteAttribute(attrs[name]);
-                if (val === 'null' || val === '""') {
+                if (val === 'null' || val === '""')
                     return name;
-                }
                 return name + "=" + val;
-            }).join(' ');
+            })
+                .join(' ');
             // Update this.id
             if (key === 'id') {
                 this.id = value;
@@ -1107,13 +1017,14 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                 delete this._rawAttrs;
             }
             // Update rawString
-            this.rawAttrs = Object.keys(attributes).map(function (name) {
+            this.rawAttrs = Object.keys(attributes)
+                .map(function (name) {
                 var val = attributes[name];
-                if (val === 'null' || val === '""') {
+                if (val === 'null' || val === '""')
                     return name;
-                }
                 return name + "=" + _this.quoteAttribute(String(val));
-            }).join(' ');
+            })
+                .join(' ');
         };
         HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentHTML = function (where, html) {
             var _a, _b, _c;
@@ -1166,9 +1077,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                     var i = 0;
                     while (i < children.length) {
                         var child = children[i++];
-                        if (this === child) {
+                        if (this === child)
                             return children[i] || null;
-                        }
                     }
                     return null;
                 }
@@ -1210,12 +1120,8 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
     }(node_2.default));
     exports.default = HTMLElement;
     // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/custom-elements.html#valid-custom-element-name
-    var kMarkupPattern = /<!--[^]*?(?=-->)-->|<(\/?)([a-z][-.:0-9_a-z]*)\s*([^>]*?)(\/?)>/ig;
-    // <(?<tag>[^\s]*)(.*)>(.*)</\k<tag>>
-    // <([a-z][-.:0-9_a-z]*)\s*\/>
-    // <(area|base|br|col|hr|img|input|link|meta|source)\s*(.*)\/?>
-    // <(area|base|br|col|hr|img|input|link|meta|source)\s*(.*)\/?>|<(?<tag>[^\s]*)(.*)>(.*)</\k<tag>>
-    var kAttributePattern = /(^|\s)(id|class)\s*=\s*("([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|(\S+))/ig;
+    var kMarkupPattern = /<!--[\s\S]*?-->|<(\/?)([a-zA-Z][-.:0-9_a-zA-Z]*)((?:\s+[^>]*?(?:(?:'[^']*')|(?:"[^"]*"))?)*)\s*(\/?)>/g;
+    var kAttributePattern = /(?:^|\s)(id|class)\s*=\s*((?:'[^']*')|(?:"[^"]*")|\S+)/gi;
     var kSelfClosingElements = {
         area: true,
         AREA: true,
@@ -1244,7 +1150,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         track: true,
         TRACK: true,
         wbr: true,
-        WBR: true
+        WBR: true,
     };
     var kElementsClosedByOpening = {
         li: { li: true, LI: true },
@@ -1268,7 +1174,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         h5: { h5: true, H5: true },
         H5: { h5: true, H5: true },
         h6: { h6: true, H6: true },
-        H6: { h6: true, H6: true }
+        H6: { h6: true, H6: true },
     };
     var kElementsClosedByClosing = {
         li: { ul: true, ol: true, UL: true, OL: true },
@@ -1284,7 +1190,7 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
         td: { tr: true, table: true, TR: true, TABLE: true },
         TD: { tr: true, table: true, TR: true, TABLE: true },
         th: { tr: true, table: true, TR: true, TABLE: true },
-        TH: { tr: true, table: true, TR: true, TABLE: true }
+        TH: { tr: true, table: true, TR: true, TABLE: true },
     };
     var frameflag = 'documentfragmentcontainer';
     /**
@@ -1299,45 +1205,39 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             script: true,
             noscript: true,
             style: true,
-            pre: true
+            pre: true,
         };
         var element_names = Object.keys(elements);
-        var kBlockTextElements = element_names.map(function (it) {
-            return new RegExp(it, 'i');
-        });
-        var kIgnoreElements = element_names.filter(function (it) {
-            return elements[it];
-        }).map(function (it) {
-            return new RegExp(it, 'i');
-        });
+        var kBlockTextElements = element_names.map(function (it) { return new RegExp("^" + it + "$", 'i'); });
+        var kIgnoreElements = element_names.filter(function (it) { return elements[it]; }).map(function (it) { return new RegExp("^" + it + "$", 'i'); });
         function element_should_be_ignore(tag) {
-            return kIgnoreElements.some(function (it) {
-                return it.test(tag);
-            });
+            return kIgnoreElements.some(function (it) { return it.test(tag); });
         }
         function is_block_text_element(tag) {
-            return kBlockTextElements.some(function (it) {
-                return it.test(tag);
-            });
+            return kBlockTextElements.some(function (it) { return it.test(tag); });
         }
-        var createRange = function (startPos, endPos) {
-            return [startPos - frameFlagOffset, endPos - frameFlagOffset];
-        };
+        var createRange = function (startPos, endPos) { return [startPos - frameFlagOffset, endPos - frameFlagOffset]; };
         var root = new HTMLElement(null, {}, '', null, [0, data.length]);
         var currentParent = root;
         var stack = [root];
         var lastTextPos = -1;
+        var noNestedTagIndex = undefined;
         var match;
         // https://github.com/taoqf/node-html-parser/issues/38
         data = "<" + frameflag + ">" + data + "</" + frameflag + ">";
+        var lowerCaseTagName = options.lowerCaseTagName;
         var dataEndPos = data.length - (frameflag.length + 2);
         var frameFlagOffset = frameflag.length + 2;
         while ((match = kMarkupPattern.exec(data))) {
-            var tagStartPos = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex - match[0].length;
+            // Note: Object destructuring here consistently tests as higher performance than array destructuring
+            // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
+            var matchText = match[0], leadingSlash = match[1], tagName = match[2], attributes = match[3], closingSlash = match[4];
+            var matchLength = matchText.length;
+            var tagStartPos = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex - matchLength;
             var tagEndPos = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex;
             // Add TextNode if content
             if (lastTextPos > -1) {
-                if (lastTextPos + match[0].length < tagEndPos) {
+                if (lastTextPos + matchLength < tagEndPos) {
                     var text = data.substring(lastTextPos, tagStartPos);
                     currentParent.appendChild(new text_1.default(text, currentParent, createRange(lastTextPos, tagStartPos)));
                 }
@@ -1345,10 +1245,10 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             lastTextPos = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex;
             // https://github.com/taoqf/node-html-parser/issues/38
             // Skip frameflag node
-            if (match[2] === frameflag)
+            if (tagName === frameflag)
                 continue;
             // Handle comments
-            if (match[0][1] === '!') {
+            if (matchText[1] === '!') {
                 if (options.comment) {
                     // Only keep what is in between <!-- and -->
                     var text = data.substring(tagStartPos + 4, tagEndPos - 3);
@@ -1358,42 +1258,46 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
             }
             /* -- Handle tag matching -- */
             // Fix tag casing if necessary
-            if (options.lowerCaseTagName)
-                match[2] = match[2].toLowerCase();
+            if (lowerCaseTagName)
+                tagName = tagName.toLowerCase();
             // Handle opening tags (ie. <this> not </that>)
-            if (!match[1]) {
+            if (!leadingSlash) {
                 /* Populate attributes */
                 var attrs = {};
-                for (var attMatch = void 0; (attMatch = kAttributePattern.exec(match[3]));) {
-                    attrs[attMatch[2].toLowerCase()] = attMatch[4] || attMatch[5] || attMatch[6];
+                for (var attMatch = void 0; (attMatch = kAttributePattern.exec(attributes));) {
+                    var key = attMatch[1], val = attMatch[2];
+                    var isQuoted = val[0] === "'" || val[0] === "\"";
+                    attrs[key.toLowerCase()] = isQuoted ? val.slice(1, val.length - 1) : val;
                 }
-                var tagName = currentParent.rawTagName;
-                if (!match[4] && kElementsClosedByOpening[tagName]) {
-                    if (kElementsClosedByOpening[tagName][match[2]]) {
+                var parentTagName = currentParent.rawTagName;
+                if (!closingSlash && kElementsClosedByOpening[parentTagName]) {
+                    if (kElementsClosedByOpening[parentTagName][tagName]) {
                         stack.pop();
                         currentParent = (0, back_1.default)(stack);
                     }
                 }
-                // console.error('111111111111111111', currentParent.rawTagName);
-                // console.error('22222222222222222222', match);
-                if (currentParent.rawTagName === 'a' && match[2] === 'a') {
-                    stack.pop();
-                    currentParent = (0, back_1.default)(stack);
+                // Prevent nested A tags by terminating the last A and starting a new one : see issue #144
+                if (tagName === 'a' || tagName === 'A') {
+                    if (noNestedTagIndex !== undefined) {
+                        stack.splice(noNestedTagIndex);
+                        currentParent = (0, back_1.default)(stack);
+                    }
+                    noNestedTagIndex = stack.length;
                 }
                 var tagEndPos_1 = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex;
-                var tagStartPos_1 = tagEndPos_1 - match[0].length;
+                var tagStartPos_1 = tagEndPos_1 - matchLength;
                 currentParent = currentParent.appendChild(
                 // Initialize range (end position updated later for closed tags)
-                new HTMLElement(match[2], attrs, match[3], null, createRange(tagStartPos_1, tagEndPos_1)));
+                new HTMLElement(tagName, attrs, attributes.slice(1), null, createRange(tagStartPos_1, tagEndPos_1)));
                 stack.push(currentParent);
-                if (is_block_text_element(match[2])) {
+                if (is_block_text_element(tagName)) {
                     // Find closing tag
-                    var closeMarkup = "</" + match[2] + ">";
-                    var closeIndex = options.lowerCaseTagName
+                    var closeMarkup = "</" + tagName + ">";
+                    var closeIndex = lowerCaseTagName
                         ? data.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf(closeMarkup, kMarkupPattern.lastIndex)
                         : data.indexOf(closeMarkup, kMarkupPattern.lastIndex);
                     var textEndPos = closeIndex === -1 ? dataEndPos : closeIndex;
-                    if (element_should_be_ignore(match[2])) {
+                    if (element_should_be_ignore(tagName)) {
                         var text = data.substring(tagEndPos_1, textEndPos);
                         if (text.length > 0 && /\S/.test(text)) {
                             currentParent.appendChild(new text_1.default(text, currentParent, createRange(tagEndPos_1, textEndPos)));
@@ -1405,14 +1309,16 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                     else {
                         lastTextPos = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex = closeIndex + closeMarkup.length;
                         // Cause to be treated as self-closing, because no close found
-                        match[1] = 'true';
+                        leadingSlash = '/';
                     }
                 }
             }
             // Handle closing tags or self-closed elements (ie </tag> or <br>)
-            if (match[1] || match[4] || kSelfClosingElements[match[2]]) {
+            if (leadingSlash || closingSlash || kSelfClosingElements[tagName]) {
                 while (true) {
-                    if (currentParent.rawTagName === match[2]) {
+                    if (tagName === 'a' || tagName === 'A')
+                        noNestedTagIndex = undefined;
+                    if (currentParent.rawTagName === tagName) {
                         // Update range end for closed tag
                         currentParent.range[1] = createRange(-1, Math.max(lastTextPos, tagEndPos))[1];
                         stack.pop();
@@ -1420,10 +1326,10 @@ define("nodes/html", ["require", "exports", "he", "css-select", "nodes/node", "n
                         break;
                     }
                     else {
-                        var tagName = currentParent.tagName;
+                        var parentTagName = currentParent.tagName;
                         // Trying to close current tag, and move on
-                        if (kElementsClosedByClosing[tagName]) {
-                            if (kElementsClosedByClosing[tagName][match[2]]) {
+                        if (kElementsClosedByClosing[parentTagName]) {
+                            if (kElementsClosedByClosing[parentTagName][tagName]) {
                                 stack.pop();
                                 currentParent = (0, back_1.default)(stack);
                                 continue;