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A Python library to prevent your website from being attacked.
Type command:
$ pip install xss-shield
Function excape(s: str, strict=True)
Arguments
s: the string to parse
strict: if strict = False -> only replace
<script>
tag
example:
import xss_shield
unsafe_str = '<script>alert("Bad.");</script>'
safe_str = xss_shield.escape(unsafe_str)
The docs are availible here
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A library used to stop your website from being attacked.
We found that xss-shield demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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