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

Updated answer working on Swift 3

extension String {
    init?(htmlEncodedString: String) {
        let encodedData = htmlEncodedString.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!
        let attributedOptions = [ NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType]

        guard let attributedString = try? NSAttributedString(data: encodedData, options: attributedOptions, documentAttributes: nil) else {
            return nil
        }
        self.init(attributedString.string)
   }