Highlight.js: How to use highlight.js on nodejs

[ahetawal-p]

Hello,
I see on the homepage, hightlight.js can be used with nodejs as well. However I am not able to find any documentation or short sample which I can follow to use it on nodejs.
Would be really great if someone can point to right direction for this.

Thank you,

[isagalaev]

Indeed, our README doesn't mention node explicitly, we should fix that. In the meantime:

• Install the package 'highlight.js' the usual way from npm
• Use the API: http://highlightjs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html

[ahetawal-p]

:+1:

[gzponline]

i want know how to set css styles by highlight.js and i do not want to use a css style that i download from website and add a style tab in html ....so how to use css style when i use npm require higtlight and set css style

[Ai01]

@gzponline hello ,l also find the way to use highlight in node without css.do you have some discovery？thank you

[gzponline]

@Ai01 no I use css file in my project, how to import from npm or install from hightlight.js

[SeasideLee]

@gzponline just add import 'highlight.js/styles/github.css' in the js file. You can change the theme as you like.

[gzponline]

@SeasideLee Thanks

[csfragsta]

What class do i need to apply for using highlight js for node? class="nodejs hljs"?

[YuriGor]

Is there any way to process arbitrary html string on nodejs, to let hljs find and process code blocks?
Or I should parse it first and extract code blocks?
I tried highlightAuto from API but it tries to highlight all the given string.

[joshgoebel]

Is there any way to process arbitrary html string on nodejs, to let hljs find and process code blocks?
Or I should parse it first and extract code blocks?

You'd first need to parse it yourself and find the code blocks.