Core API

This page lists the reference documentation for Editor.js API's. You can access it both from the Editor instance or from the Plugins constructor:

const editor = EditorJS() editor.blocks.clear()

class MyTool { constructor({ api }){ this.api = api this.api.blocks.clear() } }

Blocks

Methods for creating, inserting and removing Blocks

`clear`	removes all Blocks and creates new empty initial Block
`render`	creates UI of inserting Block
`delete`	removes Block by index
`swap`	swaps two Blocks by indexes
`getBlockByIndex`	returns Block HTML content by index
`getCurrentBlockIndex`	returns focused Block index
`getBlocksCount`	returns count of Blocks
`stretchBlock`	stretches Block's content
`insertBlock`	inserts new Block after focused Block

Methods for getting information about Selection inside the Editor.js workspace

`findParentTag`	looks ahead from selection and finds passed tag with class name
`expandToTag`	expands selection to the passed tag

Methods for Toolbar manipulation

`open`	shows Toolbar
`close`	hides Toolbar

Methods for cleaning data

clean method cleans up taint string with passed rules

Methods for caret manipulations inside the Editor.js workspace

`setToFirstBlock`	sets caret to the first Block
`setToLastBlock`	sets caret to the last Block
`setToPreviousBlock`	sets caret to the previous Block
`setToNextBlock`	sets caret to the next Block
`setToBlock`	sets caret to the Block
`focus`	focus Editor

Methods that wraps native JavaScript addEventListener

`on`	add DOM event listener
`off`	remove DOM event listener

Methods for saving data

save returns saved data