---
title: "createDocumentFragment(withMarkupString:baseURL:)"
framework: webkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "webkit/domhtmldocument/createdocumentfragment(withmarkupstring:baseurl:)"
---

# createDocumentFragment(withMarkupString:baseURL:)

Creates a document fragment containing the given HTML markup.

## Declaration

```swift
func createDocumentFragment(withMarkupString markupString: String!, baseURL: URL!) -> DOMDocumentFragment!
```

## Parameters

- `markupString`: The HTML content to parse into a DOM tree.
- `baseURL`: The URI from which the content originated. Used for interpreting relative URLs.

## Return Value

Return Value A DOMDocumentFragment derived from the original markup string.

## Discussion

Discussion This is a convenience method for the createDocumentFragment method in DOMDocument. It creates a fragment that has the HTML markup parsed into child nodes of the fragment using the baseURL to resolve any relative paths for images or other resources.

## See Also

### Creating Document Fragments

- [createDocumentFragment(withText:)](webkit/domhtmldocument/createdocumentfragment(withtext:).md)