The 'ent' npm package is used for encoding and decoding HTML entities. It provides a simple way to convert special characters to their corresponding HTML entities and vice versa.
Encoding HTML Entities
This feature allows you to encode special characters in a string to their corresponding HTML entities. This is useful for safely displaying user-generated content on a web page.
const ent = require('ent');
const encoded = ent.encode('<div>Hello & welcome!</div>');
console.log(encoded); // Output: <div>Hello & welcome!</div>Decoding HTML Entities
This feature allows you to decode HTML entities back to their original characters. This is useful for processing HTML content that has been encoded.
const ent = require('ent');
const decoded = ent.decode('<div>Hello & welcome!</div>');
console.log(decoded); // Output: <div>Hello & welcome!</div>The 'he' package is another popular library for encoding and decoding HTML entities. It is known for its compliance with the HTML5 specification and its ability to handle a wide range of character sets. Compared to 'ent', 'he' offers more comprehensive support for different types of entities and edge cases.
The 'html-entities' package provides similar functionality for encoding and decoding HTML entities. It supports both XML and HTML4/5 entities and offers methods for encoding and decoding both named and numeric entities. Compared to 'ent', 'html-entities' provides more flexibility in terms of the types of entities it can handle.
Encode and decode HTML entities
var ent = require('ent');
console.log(ent.encode('<span>©moo</span>'))
console.log(ent.decode('π & ρ'));
<span>©moo</span>
π & ρ
Escape unsafe characters in str with html entities.
Convert html entities in str back to raw text.
HTML entity tables shamelessly lifted from perl's HTML::Entities
With npm do:
npm install ent
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Encode and decode HTML entities
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