lodash.escape

What is lodash.escape?

The lodash.escape package is a utility library that provides a function to escape characters for inclusion in HTML. This is particularly useful for preventing XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) attacks by ensuring that special characters are converted to their corresponding HTML entities.

What are lodash.escape's main functionalities?

HTML Character Escaping

This feature allows you to escape special characters in a string to their corresponding HTML entities. This is useful for safely rendering user input in HTML.

const _ = require('lodash.escape');
const escapedString = _.escape('<script>alert("XSS")</script>');
console.log(escapedString); // Output: &lt;script&gt;alert(&quot;XSS&quot;)&lt;/script&gt;

Other packages similar to lodash.escape

he

The 'he' package is a robust HTML entity encoder/decoder. It supports both encoding and decoding of HTML entities, and it can handle a wider range of entities compared to lodash.escape. It is also highly configurable, allowing for fine-tuned control over the encoding/decoding process.

html-entities

The 'html-entities' package provides utilities for encoding and decoding HTML entities. It supports both named and numeric entities and offers methods for encoding and decoding strings. It is more feature-rich compared to lodash.escape, offering more control over the encoding process.

escape-html

The 'escape-html' package is a simple utility for escaping HTML characters. It is similar to lodash.escape in terms of functionality but is a more lightweight and focused solution specifically for escaping HTML.

README

lodash.escape v4.0.1

The lodash method _.escape exported as a Node.js module.

Installation

Using npm:

$ {sudo -H} npm i -g npm
$ npm i --save lodash.escape

In Node.js:

var escape = require('lodash.escape');

See the documentation or package source for more details.