htmlspecialchars

Escape special characters to HTML entities in JavaScript

• Simple
• No dependencies
• Available in browsers, AMD (RequireJS) and CommonJS (Node.js).

Usage

console.log(htmlspecialchars("</script>'foo!"));
// </script>'foo!

See test.js for detail spec.

Install

for Node.js

npm install htmlspecialchars and

var htmlspecialchars = require('htmlspecialchars');
console.log(htmlspecialchars("</script>'foo!"));

for Browsers

If you want to use the latest version simply, specify gh-pages URL directly in your script tag:

<script src="//teppeis.github.io/htmlspecialchars/index.js"></script>
<script>
console.log(htmlspecialchars("<\/script>'foo!"));
</script>

or bower install htmlspecialchars and specify the local index.js:

<script src="path/to/bower_components/htmlspecialchars/index.js"></script>

or load it with RequireJS.

Testing

This library is tested with BrowserStack Open Source Free license. Thanks!

• IE 8, IE 11
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari 8
• iOS 7 Safari
• Android 4.4 Browser

License

MIT License: Teppei Sato [email protected]