Nodejs HTML Unescape unescapeHtmlEntities()

Method Source Code

// Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
// This file is automatically included by javascript_include_tag :defaults

// Unescape HTML entities
String.prototype.unescapeHtmlEntities = function () {
   try{//from   ww  w  .  jav a 2 s  . com
      var temp = document.createElement('textarea');
    temp.innerHTML = this;
    return temp.value;
   }catch(e){
      return this;
   }
}

Related

1. unescapeHTML()

   String.prototype.unescapeHTML = function() {
     return String(this).replace("&amp;", "&").replace("&lt;", "<").replace("&gt;", ">").replace('&quot;', '"').replace('&#39;', "'").replace('&#x2F;', "/");
   

2. unescapeHtml()

   String.prototype.unescapeHtml = function () {
       var temp = document.createElement("div");
       temp.innerHTML = this;
       var result = temp.childNodes.length === 0 ? "" : temp.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
       if(temp.firstChild) temp.removeChild(temp.firstChild);
       return result;
   };
   

3. unescapeHtml()

   String.prototype.unescapeHtml = function () {
     var temp = document.createElement("div");
     temp.innerHTML = this;
     var result = "";
     for (var i = 0; i < temp.childNodes.length; i++) {
      result = result + temp.childNodes[i].nodeValue;
     temp.removeChild(temp.firstChild)
     return result;
   ...
   

4. unescapeHtml()

   String.prototype.unescapeHtml = function () {
       var temp = document.createElement("div");
       temp.innerHTML = this;
       var result = temp.childNodes.length === 0 ? "" : temp.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
       if(temp.firstChild) temp.removeChild(temp.firstChild);
       return result;
   };
   

5. unescapeHtml()

   String.prototype.unescapeHtml = function () {
       var temp = document.createElement("div");
       temp.innerHTML = this;
       var result = temp.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
       temp.removeChild(temp.firstChild);
       return result;
   

6. unescapeHtmlEntities()

   String.prototype.unescapeHtmlEntities = function () {
     try{
       var temp = document.createElement('textarea');
       temp.innerHTML = this;
       return temp.value;
     }catch(e){
       return this;