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:wave: Hello all! Has anyone used <https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/org.w3c.dom.parsing/-d-o-m-parser/|DOMParser> to parse an HTML string in KotlinJS/Native? This fails for me in a `commonMain` module when I use as `val parser = DOMParser()` with this error `ReferenceError: DOMParser is not defined`. I've checked the docs and it looks like DOMParser should be part of kotlin-stdlib which should <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-add-dependencies.html#standard-library|automatically be included in Kotlin Multiplatform projects>.

What am I missing? Thanks in advance :bow:

Based on answers <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11398419/trying-to-use-the-domparser-with-node-js|here>, I'm leaning towards it not being supported in NodeJS since it's more of a Javascript thing, rather than server-side

If this is the case, does anyone have a recommendation about a Kotlin library to parse HTML that can be used in multiplatform?

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That API is part of stdlib, but is only available for js target as indicated by the yellow dot

That's why you can't use it in native or commonMain

Yep saw that now :face_palm: I'll try to find another way but I suspect I'll most likely need custom bindings for a javascript library

 I’ve found <https://github.com/skrapeit/skrape.it|Skrape> which might be what I’m looking for. Will give it a try.

But why? That still won't let you use it in common code

Yeah noticed that too after reading in more detail :disappointed: I'll give the node/js bindings a try as there's more libraries to choose from there

I ended up using <https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-html-parser|node-html-parser> and it works well with Kotlin bindings for nodeJs for anyone else landing here.