HTML-encoding lost when attribute read from input field

Question

I’m using JavaScript to pull a value out from a hidden field and display it in a textbox. The value in the hidden field is encoded.

For example,

Answer 1

Based on angular's sanitize... (es6 module syntax)

// ref: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/v1.3.14/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
const SURROGATE_PAIR_REGEXP = /[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
const NON_ALPHANUMERIC_REGEXP = /([^\#-~| |!])/g;

const decodeElem = document.createElement('pre');


/**
 * Decodes html encoded text, so that the actual string may
 * be used.
 * @param value
 * @returns {string} decoded text
 */
export function decode(value) {
  if (!value) return '';
  decodeElem.innerHTML = value.replace(/ {
      var hi = value.charCodeAt(0);
      var low = value.charCodeAt(1);
      return '&#' + (((hi - 0xD800) * 0x400) + (low - 0xDC00) + 0x10000) + ';';
    }).
    replace(NON_ALPHANUMERIC_REGEXP, value => {
      return '&#' + value.charCodeAt(0) + ';';
    }).
    replace(//g, '>');
}

export default {encode,decode};