chore: improved htmlDecode script

anuraghazra · Feb 8, 2020 · e5594bd · e5594bd
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commit e5594bd
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 13 deletions.
diff --git a/client/src/utils/index.ts b/client/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -31,18 +31,9 @@ export const getBugRefsFromMarkdown = (markdown: string): number[] => {
   return matchedRefs || [];
 };
 
-
-// function htmlspecialchars(str) {
-// }
-// not sure if it's a good idea
 export const htmlDecode = (input: string): string => {
-  const map: any = {
-    "&amp;": "&",
-    "&lt;": "<",
-    "&gt;": ">",
-    "&quot;": "\"",
-    "&#39;": "'"
-  };
   if (typeof input !== 'string') return '';
-  return input.replace(/(&amp;|&lt;|&gt;|&quot;|&#39;)/mg, (m) => map[m]);
-};
+  const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
+  textarea.innerHTML = input;
+  return textarea.value;
+}