JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var page = '<html><head><title>foo</title><body><div id="stuff"><div id="start">blah<span>fff</span></div></div></body></head></html>';

    $(document).ready(function(){
        var start_div = $('#start', page).parent();
        alert( start_div.html() )
    });