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type: ApiDoc
path: src/NodeShortcuts.js
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# NodeShortcuts Class

You can access the NodeShortcuts for a given document by `document.nodes`

```javascript
const doc = collection.document("index")

doc.nodes.constructor.name // => 'NodeShortcuts'
```

## API

### Instance Properties


#### first

Returns the first node in the document's ast

Type `{AstNode}`

#### last

Returns the last node in the document's ast

Type `{AstNode}`

#### headings

Returns all the heading nodes in the document's ast

Type `{Array[AstNode]}`

#### firstHeading

Returns the first heading node in the document's ast

Type `{AstNode}`

#### secondHeading

Returns the second heading node in the document's ast

Type `{AstNode}`

#### lastHeading

Returns the last heading node in the document's ast

Type `{AstNode}`

#### leadingElementsAfterTitle

Returns the nodes that come after the document title and before the first subheading.

Type `{Array[AstNode]}`

#### imports

Returns the import statement nodes from the document's ast, if any used by MDX.

Type `{Array[AstNode]}`

#### headingsByDepth

Returns an object with the various depths 1-6 and an array of heading nodes at that depth.

Type `{Object{Number: Array[AstNode]}}`

#### links

Returns all of the link nodes from the document's ast.

Type `{Array[AstNode]}`

#### tables

Returns all of the table nodes from the document's ast.

Type `{Array[AstNode]}`

#### tablesAsData

Returns each table parsed as data.  Each table is an array of objects, each object is a row, whose keys are the headings of the table.

#### paragraphs

Returns the paragraph nodes

#### lists

Returns the list nodes