# React innerText [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=You%20can%20access%20the%20innerText%20of%20React%20components%20as%20if%20they%20were%20DOM%20nodes%20by%20using%20the%20react-innertext%20package.&url=https://github.com/CharlesStover/react-innertext&via=CharlesStover&hashtags=react,reactjs,javascript,webdev,webdeveloper,webdevelopment) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-innertext) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-innertext) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-innertext) [](https://travis-ci.com/CharlesStover/react-innertext/)
Returns the innerText of a React JSX object, similar to the innerText property
of DOM elements.
## Install
* `npm install react-innertext` or
* `yarn add react-innertext`
## Use
### Client-Side Rendering (ES6)
```JS
import innerText from 'react-innertext';
innerText(
Hello world!
I am years old!
) // 'Hello world! I am 3 years old!'
```
### Server-Side Rendering (CommonJS)
```JS
const innerText = require('react-innertext');
innerText(
Hello world!
I am years old!
) // 'Hello world! I am 3 years old!'
```
### Real World Example
In the below example, the `title` attribute of the `` element sanitizes the
`children` prop. This allows the children to contain HTML or other React
Elements, while providing a safe, plain text string for the `title`.
```JS
function MyTableHeader() {
return (
Username
);
}
// title="Username"
function MyTableHeaderCell({ children }) {
return (
| |
);
}
```