Character-entities NPM

character-entities

Map of named character references.

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 12.20+, 14.14+, 16.0+, 18.0+), 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

Mapping between (case-sensitive) character entity names to replacements. See html.spec.whatwg.org for more info.

Types

This package is fully typed with TypeScript.

Compatibility

This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 12.20+, 14.14+, 16.0+, and 18.0+. It also works in Deno and modern browsers.

Security

This package is safe.

wooorm/parse-entities — parse (decode) character references
wooorm/stringify-entities — serialize (encode) character references
wooorm/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