Create new element in cheerio

Question

What is the best way to create a new element in cheerio?

May be:

cheerio.load('<li>something in here!</li>')

or

$('li', '<li>bla, bla, bla, ...</li>')

Answer 1

Neither load nor the context string actually create HTML. They serve as a starting point for creating a virtual DOM.

Refer to the Manipulation section in the documentation for methods of injecting into the DOM. Namely, the following methods are provided for injection:

• append
• appendTo
• prepend
• prependTo
• after
• insertAfter
• before
• insertBefore
• replaceWith
• html
• wrap