static `text()` method is not actually exported

[Hashbrown777]

As mentioned in the README:

You may also render the text content of a Cheerio object using the text static method:

const $ = cheerio.load('This is <em>content</em>.');
cheerio.text($('body'));
//=> This is content.

Yet neither index.d.ts nor index.js actually forwards text from lib/static.{d.ts,js} (it appears to re-export methods one-by-one for some reason, and misses text).

As a workaround I tried importing static directly, but it doesnt like it.

Using import {text} from 'cheerio/lib/static' gets past typescript complaints, but for some reason doesn't transpile to mjs well.

So [at least in typescript targeting ES2020 using modules] it's impossible to use the text static method.

[Hashbrown777]

1.0.0-rc.10 pulled via npm, btw

but it's clear to see from the source that only root, parseHTML, merge, and contains are exported even though text is intended to be exported

[brettz9]

Looks like this is a document bug; see #2286 for what it apparently actually should be. Also for cheerio.html() missing.

[Hashbrown777]

@brettz9 no he's using the object methods, not the static ones, that pull request should definitely not go through.

He's breaking the readme, not fixing the issue https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio/pull/2286/files

He's changed the static call cheerio.text($('body')); to a call to the member function (of the document) $.text($('body'));.
If he's willing to use member functions, he could have just done $('body').text(), he's completely missed the point.

[brettz9]

Ok, but the big problem now is that the static functions aren't exported and that PR is the only issue I see doing anything to draw attention to what a user can do. That doesn't make it right, but it does point to the need to get the main issue resolved.

[fb55]

I'm happy to accept a PR that adds the missing exports. Agreed they should be there.