Encode and decode HTML entities

Replacement for abandoned library ent
Without using of deprecated punycode api.

Add to your package.json

{
  "overrides": {
    "ent": "npm:ent-replace"
  }
}

and run

npm update

Or install from scratch

npm i ent-replace

Usage examples

const ent = require('ent');
console.log(ent.encode('<span>©moo</span>'))
console.log(ent.decode('&pi; &amp; &rho;'));

<span>©moo</span>
π & ρ

encode(str, opts={})

Escape unsafe characters in str with html entities.

By default, entities are encoded with numeric decimal codes.

If opts.numeric is false or opts.named is true, encoding will used named codes like π.

If opts.special is set to an Object, the key names will be forced to be encoded (defaults to forcing: <>'"&). For example:

console.log(encode('hello', { special: { l: true } }));

hello

decode(str)

Convert html entities in str back to raw text.

Tests

All tests copied from original repository

vitest

NPM

https://www.npmjs.com/package/ent-replace