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Asked: 2026-05-23T07:37:43+00:00

We use jQuery to parse some HTML. I then need to traverse that document

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We use jQuery to parse some HTML. I then need to traverse that document and find some elements. Among the elements I need to find, there are the <link> elements.

This works perfectly well to extract all the <a> elements:

$(string).find("a")

but this doesn’t work to extract the <link> elements :

$(string).find("link")

The string parameter is the html content (e.g. received on a request).

Any idea why? (I guess that the find only applies to the <body> elements). Also, any idea on how to actually extract these <link> elements?

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  1. Editorial Team

    From the documentation of the feature you’re using for $(string) (which is the function jQuery( html, [ownerDocument] )):

    When passing in complex HTML, some
    browsers may not generate a DOM that
    exactly replicates the HTML source
    provided. As mentioned, we use the
    browser’s .innerHTML property to parse
    the passed HTML and insert it into the
    current document. During this process,
    some browsers filter out certain
    elements such as <html>, <title>, or
    <head> elements.     As a result, the
    elements inserted may not be
    representative of the original string
    passed.

    Try not to use jQuery to manipulate entire HTML documents.

    Note, in particular, that a link node in a standalone snippet of HTML can be “found” just fine.

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