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# stringify-entities
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Encode HTML character references and character entities.
* [x] Very fast
* [x] Just the encoding part
* [x] Reliable: ``'`'`` characters are escaped to ensure no scripts
run in Internet Explorer 6 to 8.
Additionally, only named entities recognized by HTML4 are encoded, meaning
the infamous `'` (which people think is a [virus][]) wont show up
## Algorithm
By default, all dangerous, non-ASCII, and non-printable ASCII characters are
encoded.
A [subset][] of characters can be given to encode just those characters.
Alternatively, pass [`escapeOnly`][escapeonly] to escape just the dangerous
characters (`"`, `'`, `<`, `>`, `&`, `` ` ``).
By default, numeric entities are used.
Pass [`useNamedReferences`][named] to use named entities when possible, or
[`useShortestReferences`][short] to use them if that results in less bytes.
## Install
[npm][]:
```sh
npm install stringify-entities
```
## Use
```js
var stringify = require('stringify-entities')
stringify('alpha © bravo ≠ charlie 𝌆 delta')
// => 'alpha &#xA9; bravo &#x2260; charlie &#x1D306; delta'
stringify('alpha © bravo ≠ charlie 𝌆 delta', {useNamedReferences: true})
// => 'alpha &copy; bravo &ne; charlie &#x1D306; delta'
```
## API
### `stringifyEntities(value[, options])`
Encode special characters in `value`.
##### `options`
###### `options.escapeOnly`
Whether to only escape possibly dangerous characters (`boolean`,
default: `false`).
Those characters are `"`, `'`, `<`, `>` `&`, and `` ` ``.
###### `options.subset`
Whether to only escape the given subset of characters (`Array.<string>`).
###### `options.useNamedReferences`
Whether to use named entities where possible (`boolean?`, default: `false`).
###### `options.useShortestReferences`
Whether to use named entities, where possible, if that results in less bytes
(`boolean?`, default: `false`).
**Note**: `useNamedReferences` can be omitted when using `useShortestReferences`.
###### `options.omitOptionalSemicolons`
Whether to omit semicolons when possible (`boolean?`, default: `false`).
**Note**: This creates parse errors, dont use this except when building a
minifier.
Omitting semicolons is possible for [certain][dangerous] [legacy][] named
references, and numeric entities, in some cases.
###### `options.attribute`
Only needed when operating dangerously with `omitOptionalSemicolons: true`.
Create entities which dont fail in attributes (`boolean?`, default: `false`).
## Related
* [`parse-entities`](https://github.com/wooorm/parse-entities)
— Parse HTML character references
* [`character-entities`](https://github.com/wooorm/character-entities)
— Info on character entities
* [`character-entities-html4`](https://github.com/wooorm/character-entities-html4)
— Info on HTML4 character entities
* [`character-entities-legacy`](https://github.com/wooorm/character-entities-legacy)
— Info on legacy character entities
* [`character-reference-invalid`](https://github.com/wooorm/character-reference-invalid)
— Info on invalid numeric character references
## License
[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]
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[license]: license
[author]: https://wooorm.com
[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
[virus]: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/advice/10516839/Why-do-some-apostrophes-get-replaced-with-andapos.html
[dangerous]: dangerous.json
[legacy]: https://github.com/wooorm/character-entities-legacy
[subset]: #optionssubset
[escapeonly]: #optionsescapeonly
[named]: #optionsusenamedreferences
[short]: #optionsuseshortestreferences