tiny-decode/browser.mjs

Decode HTML entities the browser-friendly way

const ENTITY_RE = /&([a-z0-9]+|#[0-9]{1,6}|#x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,6});?/gi;

let p;
function decodeHTML5(value) {
  if (!p) p = new DOMParser();
  return p.parseFromString(value, 'text/html').documentElement.textContent;
}

export function decode(value) {
  ENTITY_RE.lastIndex = 0;
  return value.replace(ENTITY_RE, (m) => decodeHTML5(m));
}