JAVASCRIPT

javascript add div before element

var my_elem = document.getElementById('my_id');

var span = document.createElement('span');
    span.innerHTML = '*';
    span.className = 'asterisk';

my_elem.parentNode.insertBefore(span, my_elem);

js insert before

// create alert div
const alert_box = document.createElement("div")
alert_box.innerText = "Not allowed!";
alert_box.className = "alert";

//get the parrent of where u wanna insert
const cont = document.querySelector(".container");
// get the element you wanna insert before
const prof = document.getElementById("profile");
// do the insert
cont.insertBefore(alert_box, prof);

javascript insert before

function insertBefore(newNode, existingNode) {
    existingNode.parentNode.insertBefore(newNode, existingNode);
}

javascript insert html before element

// add without creating a new element
document.getElementById('my_id')
.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', 'your_html_code');