How do I decode HTML entities in Swift?

Question

I am pulling a JSON file from a site and one of the strings received is:

The Weeknd ‘King Of The Fall&         


        

Answer 1

Swift 4:

The total solution that finally worked for me with HTML code and newline characters and single quotes

extension String {
    var htmlDecoded: String {
        let decoded = try? NSAttributedString(data: Data(utf8), options: [
            .documentType: NSAttributedString.DocumentType.html,
            .characterEncoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue
            ], documentAttributes: nil).string

        return decoded ?? self
    }
}

Usage:

let yourStringEncoded = yourStringWithHtmlcode.htmlDecoded

I then had to apply some more filters to get rid of single quotes (for example, don't, hasn't, It's, etc.), and new line characters like \n:

var yourNewString = String(yourStringEncoded.filter { !"\n\t\r".contains($0) })
yourNewString = yourNewString.replacingOccurrences(of: "\'", with: "", options: NSString.CompareOptions.literal, range: nil)