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Ent is a useful Node.js package that helps developers encode and decode HTML entities. It can convert unsafe characters within strings into HTML entities, and also convert HTML entities back into raw text. This is particularly useful when dealing with web-based data which may include special HTML characters that need to be processed or displayed in a certain manner.
Utilizing Ent in your JavaScript project is straightforward. First, you have to install the package in your project directory using npm with the command npm install ent. Once the package is installed, you can include it in your JavaScript file using the require method.
Ent has two main methods: encode and decode. You can use the encode method to convert unsafe characters in strings into HTML entities. Here is an example:
var ent = require('ent');
console.log(ent.encode('<span>©moo</span>')) // Outputs: <span>©moo</span>
The decode method can be used to convert HTML entities back to raw text:
var ent = require('ent');
console.log(ent.decode('π & ρ')) // Outputs: π & ρ
Furthermore, the encode function allows additional options so you can customize the encoding process. For instance, when opts.numeric is false or opts.named is true, the encoding will use named codes like π.
The official documentation for Ent can be found directly in its source code on GitHub (https://github.com/substack/node-ent.git). This source code also includes numerous usage examples and detailed explanations of how to use various features of the package. So, if you want to dive deep into the capabilities of Ent, point your browser to its GitHub repository.
