spye v0.0.5

Spye

Detect when a DOM element is created or removed.

Installation

Node.js

npm install spye --save

Browser

Local

<script src="node_modules/spye/dist/spye.min.js"></script>

CDN unpkg

<script src="https://unpkg.com/spye/dist/spye.min.js"></script>

Example

const Spye = require('spye');

new Spye('#my-element')
    .onCreate((element)=> console.log('created', element))
    .onRemove(()=> console.log('removed'));

// Create and append element to body
let element = document.createElement('div');
element.setAttribute('id', 'my-element');
document.body.appendChild(element);

// Remove element after 1s
setTimeout(()=>{
    document.body.removeChild(element);
}, 1000);

API

Spye

Kind: global class

• Spye
  • new Spye(query, [opts])
  • .watch() ⇒ Spye
  • .unwatch() ⇒ Spye
  • .onCreate(callback) ⇒ Spye
  • .onRemove(callback) ⇒ Spye

new Spye(query, opts)

Create instance

spye.watch() ⇒ Spye

Start watching

Kind: instance method of Spye

spye.unwatch() ⇒ Spye

Stop watching

Kind: instance method of Spye

spye.onCreate(callback) ⇒ Spye

Fired when element is created

Kind: instance method of Spye

spye.onRemove(callback) ⇒ Spye

Fired when element is removed

Kind: instance method of Spye

Changelog

You can view the changelog here

License

Spye is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license

Author

Fabio Ricali