/htmlescape

Properly escape JSON for usage as an object literal inside of a `<script>` tag

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htmlescape

Properly escape JSON for usage as an object literal inside of a <script> tag. Use htmlescape in place of JSON.stringify. For more info see JSON: The JavaScript subset that isn't.

Transformations

from to
& \\u0026
> \\u003e
< \\u003c
\u2028 \\u2028
\u2029 \\u2029

Usage

var htmlescape = require('htmlescape');
htmlescape({prop:'value'});
//=> '{"prop":"value"}'

Or in your templates:

<script>
var payload = <%= htmlescape(payload) %>;
</script>