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@sap/xss-secure
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XSSSecurity Implementation taken from SAP UI5
var xssSecure = require('@sap/xss-secure');
encodeCSS(string)
Encode the string for inclusion into CSS string literals or identifiers.
string
- The string to be escapedReturns the escaped string
.
xssSecure.encodeCSS('1<4'); // returns '1\\3c 4'
xssSecure.encodeCSS('a-b'); // returns 'a\2d b'
encodeHTML(string)
Encode the string for inclusion into HTML content/attribute.
string
- The string to be escapedReturns the escaped string
.
xssSecure.encodeHTML('1<4'); // returns '1<4'
xssSecure.encodeHTML('\x00'); // returns '�'
encodeJS(string)
Encode the string for inclusion into a JS string literal.
string
- The string to be escapedReturns the escaped string
.
xssSecure.encodeJS('1<4'); // returns '1\\x3c4'
xssSecure.encodeJS('\x00'); // returns '\\x00'
encodeURL(string)
Encode the string for inclusion into an URL parameter.
string
- The string to be escapedReturns the escaped string
.
xssSecure.encodeURL('http://testing.com/?a=1&b="ok"');
// returns 'http%3a%2f%2ftesting.com%2f%3fa%3d1%26b%3d%22ok%22'
encodeXML(string)
Encode the string for inclusion into XML content/attribute.
string
- The string to be escapedReturns the escaped string
.
This function is alias to encodeHTML
.
FAQs
XSS Secure
The npm package @sap/xss-secure receives a total of 680 weekly downloads. As such, @sap/xss-secure popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @sap/xss-secure demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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