Remove script elements from html string converting query string to symbol

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I am using this solution here to remove script elements from ajax responses. However, when my response looks like this :

'console.log("test");https://x.ya.com/home?abc=1&currency=EUR'

It converts the &curren to ¤ symbol.

The result looks like this: 'https://x.ya.com/home?abc=1¤cy=EUR'

How do I avoid this?

There are a lot of poor answers on that question. Which one are you using specifically? Post code. — Chet
– Chet, Commented Dec 11, 2015 at 18:27
I am using the top answer to the question : Here is the code function stripScripts(s) { var div = document.createElement('div'); div.innerHTML = s; var scripts = div.getElementsByTagName('script'); var i = scripts.length; while (i--) { scripts[i].parentNode.removeChild(scripts[i]); } return div.innerHTML; } — mojorisinify
– mojorisinify, Commented Dec 11, 2015 at 19:22

Benjy1996 · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-11 18:35:04Z

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Try using the escaped ampersand & to represent the character & in the HTML where this problem occurs, like so;

HTML

<a href="http://example.com/home?abc=1&currency=EUR">Example Link</a>

Produces

Example Link

edited Dec 11, 2015 at 18:35

answered Dec 11, 2015 at 18:29

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mojorisinify Over a year ago

i dont have control over the url.. this was just an example.. there could be multiple others.

Benjy1996 Over a year ago

I'm a bit unsure as to what you are doing, can you not replace the string "&currency" with "&currency" at any stage with what you're doing? Even in a small script in JavaScript?

mojorisinify Over a year ago

its not just about &curren, there are a hundred other cases. Replace is just not going to work.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:28:18Z

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I used the approach as mentioned in the answer here. This removes all the script elements from the text without treating it as html (without creating a div and appending the text to innerHTML of the div), which solves the case.

No html = no html symbol decode.

Works for me!

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:28

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answered Dec 11, 2015 at 20:00

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Benjy1996 Over a year ago

Glad you got it sorted, sorry I couldn't help much

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