JavaScript: Replacing (all) certain words on a web page












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I am having trouble with some code for a chrome extension. The code is supposed to replace a word with another one. It does this, however, I would only like it to replace a word if it is within certain tags such as <p></p> or header tags. At the moment it replaces all the words in the HTML file within the <body></body>. This sometimes interferes with the HTML code and can break certain features of a website. Here's what I have currently.



document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(newRegExp("old", "g"), "new");


Thank you for the help!










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    possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/47688518/…

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    Possible duplicate of Replace words in the body text

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I am having trouble with some code for a chrome extension. The code is supposed to replace a word with another one. It does this, however, I would only like it to replace a word if it is within certain tags such as <p></p> or header tags. At the moment it replaces all the words in the HTML file within the <body></body>. This sometimes interferes with the HTML code and can break certain features of a website. Here's what I have currently.



document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(newRegExp("old", "g"), "new");


Thank you for the help!










share|improve this question




















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    possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/47688518/…

    – William Chong
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:23






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    Possible duplicate of Replace words in the body text

    – Jordan S
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:23














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I am having trouble with some code for a chrome extension. The code is supposed to replace a word with another one. It does this, however, I would only like it to replace a word if it is within certain tags such as <p></p> or header tags. At the moment it replaces all the words in the HTML file within the <body></body>. This sometimes interferes with the HTML code and can break certain features of a website. Here's what I have currently.



document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(newRegExp("old", "g"), "new");


Thank you for the help!










share|improve this question
















I am having trouble with some code for a chrome extension. The code is supposed to replace a word with another one. It does this, however, I would only like it to replace a word if it is within certain tags such as <p></p> or header tags. At the moment it replaces all the words in the HTML file within the <body></body>. This sometimes interferes with the HTML code and can break certain features of a website. Here's what I have currently.



document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(newRegExp("old", "g"), "new");


Thank you for the help!







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  • 2





    possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/47688518/…

    – William Chong
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:23






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of Replace words in the body text

    – Jordan S
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:23














  • 2





    possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/47688518/…

    – William Chong
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:23






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of Replace words in the body text

    – Jordan S
    Nov 21 '18 at 19:23








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possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/47688518/…

– William Chong
Nov 21 '18 at 19:23





possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/47688518/…

– William Chong
Nov 21 '18 at 19:23




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Possible duplicate of Replace words in the body text

– Jordan S
Nov 21 '18 at 19:23





Possible duplicate of Replace words in the body text

– Jordan S
Nov 21 '18 at 19:23












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So just loop over all the elements that you care about and do the replacement on those elements only.






// Get all the elements that you care about into an array
let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

// Loop over the items in the array
elements.forEach(function(el){
// Do the replace on the element
el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
});

<header>This is some text in a header</header>
<h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
<div>This is some text in a div</div>
<p>This is some text in a p</p>
<div>This is some text in a div</div>
<div>This is some text in a div
<p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
</div>








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    So just loop over all the elements that you care about and do the replacement on those elements only.






    // Get all the elements that you care about into an array
    let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

    // Loop over the items in the array
    elements.forEach(function(el){
    // Do the replace on the element
    el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
    });

    <header>This is some text in a header</header>
    <h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
    <div>This is some text in a div</div>
    <p>This is some text in a p</p>
    <div>This is some text in a div</div>
    <div>This is some text in a div
    <p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
    </div>








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      So just loop over all the elements that you care about and do the replacement on those elements only.






      // Get all the elements that you care about into an array
      let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

      // Loop over the items in the array
      elements.forEach(function(el){
      // Do the replace on the element
      el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
      });

      <header>This is some text in a header</header>
      <h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
      <div>This is some text in a div</div>
      <p>This is some text in a p</p>
      <div>This is some text in a div</div>
      <div>This is some text in a div
      <p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
      </div>








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        So just loop over all the elements that you care about and do the replacement on those elements only.






        // Get all the elements that you care about into an array
        let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

        // Loop over the items in the array
        elements.forEach(function(el){
        // Do the replace on the element
        el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
        });

        <header>This is some text in a header</header>
        <h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <p>This is some text in a p</p>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <div>This is some text in a div
        <p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
        </div>








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        So just loop over all the elements that you care about and do the replacement on those elements only.






        // Get all the elements that you care about into an array
        let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

        // Loop over the items in the array
        elements.forEach(function(el){
        // Do the replace on the element
        el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
        });

        <header>This is some text in a header</header>
        <h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <p>This is some text in a p</p>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <div>This is some text in a div
        <p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
        </div>








        // Get all the elements that you care about into an array
        let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

        // Loop over the items in the array
        elements.forEach(function(el){
        // Do the replace on the element
        el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
        });

        <header>This is some text in a header</header>
        <h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <p>This is some text in a p</p>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <div>This is some text in a div
        <p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
        </div>





        // Get all the elements that you care about into an array
        let elements = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("p, header"));

        // Loop over the items in the array
        elements.forEach(function(el){
        // Do the replace on the element
        el.textContent = el.textContent.replace(/text/g, "letters");
        });

        <header>This is some text in a header</header>
        <h1>This is some text in an h1</h1>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <p>This is some text in a p</p>
        <div>This is some text in a div</div>
        <div>This is some text in a div
        <p>This text is inside of a p with lots of text</p>
        </div>






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