Using $('html').html() I can get the HTML within the <html> tag (<head>, <body>, etc.). But how can I get the actual HTML of the <html> tag (with attributes)?
Alternatively, is it possible to get the entire HTML of the page (including doctype, <html>, etc.) with jQuery (or plain old JavaScript)?
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Answer
The simplest way to get the html element natively is:
document.documentElement
Here’s the reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document.documentElement.
UPDATE: To then grab the html element as a string you would do:
document.documentElement.outerHTML