entities
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Package description
The 'entities' npm package is a library that helps with encoding and decoding HTML entities. It is useful for dealing with HTML data in text form and can be used to prevent XSS attacks by sanitizing input or output.
Encode HTML Entities
Encodes special characters in a string to their corresponding HTML entities. Useful for displaying text on a webpage without it being interpreted as HTML.
"require('entities').encodeHTML('<div>Hello & welcome!</div>');"Decode HTML Entities
Decodes HTML entities back to their original characters. This is useful for processing text that contains HTML entities and converting them to their readable form.
"require('entities').decodeHTML('<div>Hello & welcome!</div>');"Encode XML Entities
Similar to encoding HTML entities, but specifically for XML, which has a smaller set of entities.
"require('entities').encodeXML('<note>Priority & importance</note>');"Decode XML Entities
Decodes XML entities back to their original characters, which is useful when working with XML data.
"require('entities').decodeXML('<note>Priority & importance</note>');"The 'he' package is an HTML entity encoder/decoder written in JavaScript. It is robust and handles a large number of character references. It is similar to 'entities' but has a different API and additional options for encoding.
This package is another alternative for encoding and decoding HTML entities. It provides a similar set of functionalities as 'entities' and is often used for the same purposes in different projects.
Readme
#entities
En- & decoder for XML/HTML entities.
####Features:
U)##How to…
###…install entities
npm install entities
###…use entities
//encoding
require("entities").encode(<str> data[, <int> level]);
//decoding
require("entities").decode(<str> data[, <int> level]);
The level attribute indicates what level of entities should be decoded (0 = XML, 1 = HTML4 and 2 = HTML5). The default is 0 (read: XML).
There are also methods to access the level directly. Just append the name of the level to the action and you're ready to go (e.g. encodeHTML4(data), decodeXML(data)).
##TODO
FAQs
Encode & decode XML and HTML entities with ease & speed
We found that entities demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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