generateJSON can only be used in a browser environment If yo

Error message

generateJSON can only be used in a browser environment
If you want to use this in a Node environment, use the `@tiptap/html/server` import instead.

What it means

Error "generateJSON can only be used in a browser environment If you want to use this in a Node environment, use the `@tiptap/html/server` import instead." thrown in ueberdosis/tiptap.

Source

Thrown at packages/html/src/generateJSON.ts:24

/**
 * Generates a JSON object from the given HTML string and converts it into a Prosemirror node with content.
 * @param {string} html - The HTML string to be converted into a Prosemirror node.
 * @param {Extensions} extensions - The extensions to be used for generating the schema.
 * @param {ParseOptions} options - The options to be supplied to the parser.
 * @returns {Record<string, any>} - The generated JSON object.
 * @example
 * const html = '<p>Hello, world!</p>'
 * const extensions = [...]
 * const json = generateJSON(html, extensions)
 * console.log(json) // { type: 'doc', content: [{ type: 'paragraph', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Hello, world!' }] }] }
 */
export function generateJSON(
  html: string,
  extensions: Extensions,
  options?: ParseOptions,
): Record<string, any> {
  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
    throw new Error(
      'generateJSON can only be used in a browser environment\nIf you want to use this in a Node environment, use the `@tiptap/html/server` import instead.',
    )
  }

  const schema = getSchema(extensions)
  const doc: Document = new window.DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html')

  if (!doc) {
    throw new Error('Failed to parse HTML string')
  }

  return DOMParser.fromSchema(schema)
    .parse(doc.body as Node, options)
    .toJSON()
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/html/src/generateJSON.ts:24 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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