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 5.1 Version

import UIKit

extension String {

    init(htmlEncodedString: String) {
        self.init()
        guard let encodedData = htmlEncodedString.data(using: .utf8) else {
            self = htmlEncodedString
            return
        }

        let attributedOptions: [NSAttributedString.DocumentReadingOptionKey : Any] = [
            .documentType: NSAttributedString.DocumentType.html,
            .characterEncoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue
        ]

        do {
            let attributedString = try NSAttributedString(data: encodedData, options: attributedOptions, documentAttributes: nil)
            self = attributedString.string
        } 
        catch {
            print("Error: \(error)")
            self = htmlEncodedString
        }
    }
}

Also, if you want to extract date, images, metadata, title and description, you can use my pod named:

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