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poor's man javascript html validator
// Poor's man html Validator.
// https://gist.github.com/orlando/6251395
function validateHtml (htmlString) {
var htmlString, divElm, docFrag, docFragHtml;
htmlString = htmlString.replace(/ +/g, " ").toLowerCase();
htmlString = htmlString.replace(/\s*\/\s*>/g, ">");
divElm = document.createElement('div');
docFrag = document.createDocumentFragment();
docFrag.appendChild(divElm);
docFrag.querySelector('div').innerHTML = htmlString;
docFragHtml = docFrag.querySelector('div').innerHTML;
docFragHtml = docFragHtml.replace(/'/g, '"');
htmlString = htmlString.replace(/'/g, '"');
if (docFragHtml === htmlString) {
console.log("valid")
} else {
console.log("invalid")
}
}
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