wooorm / character-entities

Map of named character references.

character-entities

Map of named character references.

Contents

• What is this?
• When should I use this?
• Install
• Use
• API
  • characterEntities
• Data
• Types
• Compatibility
• Security
• Related
• Contribute
• License

What is this?

This is a map of named character references in HTML (latest) to the characters they represent.

When should I use this?

Maybe when you’re writing an HTML parser or minifier, but otherwise probably never! Even then, it might be better to use parse-entities or stringify-entities.

Install

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16.0+), install with npm:

npm install character-entities

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {characterEntities} from 'https://esm.sh/character-entities@2'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {characterEntities} from 'https://esm.sh/character-entities@2?bundle'
</script>

Use

import {characterEntities} from 'character-entities'

console.log(characterEntities.AElig) // => 'Æ'
console.log(characterEntities.aelig) // => 'æ'
console.log(characterEntities.amp) // => '&'

API

This package exports the identifier characterEntities. There is no default export.

characterEntities

Map between (case-sensitive) character entity names to replacements (Record<string, string>).

Data

See html.spec.whatwg.org for more info.

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports no additional types.

Compatibility

This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 16.0+. It also works in Deno and modern browsers.

Security

This package is safe.

Related

• parse-entities — decode character references
• stringify-entities — encode character references
• character-entities-html4 — info on named character references in HTML 4
• character-reference-invalid — info on invalid numeric character references
• character-entities-legacy — info on legacy named character references

Contribute

Yes please! See How to Contribute to Open Source.

License

MIT © Titus Wormer