JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>XXX:Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur cursus lacus sed
justo faucibus id pellentesque nunc porttitor. Sed venenatis tempor dui, nec mattis dolor
ultrices at. Duis suscipit, dolor sed fringilla interdum, magna libero tempor quam, sed
molestie dui urna sed tellus.</div>

JavaScript

var str = document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].innerHTML;

var firstLine = function(input,cutlength,appendtext){
    if(input.length<=cutlength)
        return input;
    return input.substr(0,cutlength) + appendtext;
}


alert(firstLine(str,50,"..."));