Get the string representation of a DOM node

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You can create a temporary parent node, and get the innerHTML content of it:

var el = document.createElement("p");
el.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Test"));

var tmp = document.createElement("div");
tmp.appendChild(el);
console.log(tmp.innerHTML); // <p>Test</p>

EDIT:
Please see answer below about outerHTML. el.outerHTML should be all that is needed.

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