Can I use jQuery with Node.js?

Question

Is it possible to use jQuery selectors/DOM manipulation on the server-side using Node.js?

Answer 1

Update (27-Jun-18): It looks like there was a major update to jsdom that causes the original answer to no longer work. I found this answer that explains how to use jsdom now. I've copied the relevant code below.

var jsdom = require("jsdom"); const { JSDOM } = jsdom; const { window } = new JSDOM(); const { document } = (new JSDOM('')).window; global.document = document;  var $ = jQuery = require('jquery')(window); 

Note: The original answer fails to mention that it you will need to install jsdom as well using npm install jsdom

Update (late 2013): The official jQuery team finally took over the management of the jquery package on npm:

npm install jquery 

Then:

require("jsdom").env("", function (err, window) {     if (err) {         console.error(err);         return;     }     var $ = require("jquery")(window); });