Decode HTML entities in JavaScript?

Question

Sample conversions:

 & -> `&`
 >  -> `>`

Any small library function that can handle this?

Answer 1

A robust HTML entity encoder/decoder written in JavaScript.

https://mths.be/he

he (for “HTML entities”) is a robust HTML entity encoder/decoder written in JavaScript. It supports all standardized named character references as per HTML, handles ambiguous ampersands and other edge cases just like a browser would, has an extensive test suite, and — contrary to many other JavaScript solutions — he handles astral Unicode symbols just fine. An online demo is available.