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Intermediate
6 min readBrowser & DOM APIs
DOM manipulation, browser APIs, and web storage
Browser & DOM APIs Interview Questions
Master browser APIs and DOM manipulation techniques commonly asked in interviews.
1. DOM Manipulation Methods
// Selecting elements
const el = document.querySelector('.class');
const els = document.querySelectorAll('div');
// Creating & appending
const div = document.createElement('div');
div.textContent = 'Hello';
parent.appendChild(div);
parent.append('text', element); // Multiple items
// Attributes & classes
element.setAttribute('data-id', '123');
element.classList.add('active');
element.classList.toggle('visible');
// Styles
element.style.color = 'red';
const styles = window.getComputedStyle(element);
2. Event Handling
// Event delegation
document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
if (e.target.matches('.btn')) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
}
});
// Custom events
const event = new CustomEvent('login', {
detail: { userId: 123 }
});
element.dispatchEvent(event);
3. Storage APIs
// LocalStorage
localStorage.setItem('key', JSON.stringify(data));
const data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('key'));
// SessionStorage
sessionStorage.setItem('token', 'abc');
// Cookies
document.cookie = 'name=value; max-age=3600';
4. Fetch API & Intersection Observer
// Fetch
async function fetchData() {
const res = await fetch('/api/data');
return await res.json();
}
// Intersection Observer
const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
entries.forEach(entry => {
if (entry.isIntersecting) {
entry.target.src = entry.target.dataset.src;
}
});
});
observer.observe(element);