API

Introduction

Jelly SQL has a very basic API that serves a single purpose: to query the DOM using SQL-like syntax. The API is designed to be simple and easy to use, with a focus on the core functionality of querying the DOM.

• Introduction
• API Reference
  • The query() Function

API Reference

The Jelly SQL API consists of a single entry function (a iife): jellySQL, with the following accessible properties:

The query() Function

The query function takes in a single argument, a string, which is the Jelly SQL query to be executed. The function returns a CSS selector string that can be used to target the elements in the DOM that match the query.

Name	Type	Arguments	Returns
query	Function	sql (String)	String

Example

Javascript

const selector = jellySQL.query(`SELECT * FROM DOM WHERE TAG = 'a'`);
console.log(selector); // Output: "a"

const jsElements = document.querySelectorAll(selector); // Select all <a> elements in the DOM
const jQElements = $(selector); // Target/select all <a> elements in the DOM using jQuery

SQL

SELECT * FROM DOM WHERE
TAG = 'a'

CSS

a {
  /* Styles */
}