CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jshyperlinkconsole
TK-95
TK-95

Reputation: 1170

Put link in console.log(). Node.js

I would like to do something like this:

console.log('Your server available at <a href="localhost:3000"> localhost:3000 </a>');

But unfortunately node console doesn't recognize 'a' tag.

Are any ideas how to put link in node console?

Upvotes: 19

Views: 22255

Answers (3)

xpepermint
xpepermint

Reputation: 36273

You don't need this. Some terminals started supporting links not long time ago. I think it was around 2017.

You will find more info here: https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda

Upvotes: 0

dpdragnev
dpdragnev

Reputation: 2111

console.log in Node renders text in the console window (command prompt in Windows) which does not know how to interpret html tags. I am afraid that you would not be able to do that unless you find a 3rd party plugin (if such plugin even exists) that allow that.

Hope that helps.

Upvotes: 2

Andrew Kovalenko
Andrew Kovalenko

Reputation: 6750

There is no way you can make an HTML tag interpreted by your the terminal, because your terminal has no ideas what html is.

You can just display a URL in console output like console.log('Your server available at http://localhost:3000

Most modern terminals will automatically parse it as a URL (if you put a valid URL there)

For example, Mac default terminal redirects to valid URL from console output if you double-click on it while holding Cmd

Upvotes: 22

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