|                                                                                                                                      |  | # unescape [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/unescape) [](https://npmjs.org/package/unescape) [](https://npmjs.org/package/unescape) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/unescape)
> Convert HTML entities to HTML characters, e.g. `>` converts to `>`.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh$ npm install --save unescape```
## Usage
```jsvar decode = require('unescape');
console.log(decode('<div>abc</div>'));//=> '<div>abc</div>'
// get the default entities directlyconsole.log(decode.chars);```
## Characters
For performance, this library only handles the following common entities (split into groups for backward compatibility).
### Default entities
Only the following entities are converted by default.
| **Character** | **Description** | **Entity Name** | **Entity Number** | | --- | --- | --- | --- || `<` | less than | `<` | `<` || `>` | greater than | `>` | `>` || `&` | ampersand | `&` | `&` || `"` | double quotation mark | `"` | `"` || `'` | single quotation mark (apostrophe) | `'` | `'` |
Get the default entities as an object:
```jsconsole.log(decode.chars);```
### Extra entities
Only the following entities are converted when `'extras'` is passed as the second argument.
| **Character** | **Description** | **Entity Name** | **Entity Number** || `¢` | cent                               | `¢`  | `¢` || `£` | pound                              | `£` | `£` || `¥` | yen                                | `¥`   | `¥` || `€` | euro                               | `€`  | `€` || `©` | copyright                          | `©`  | `©` || `®` | registered trademark               | `®`   | `®` |
Example:
```js// convert only the "extras" charactersdecode(str, 'extras');// get the object of `extras` charactersconsole.log(decode.extras);```
### All entities
Convert both the defaults and extras:
```jsdecode(str, 'all');```
Get all entities as an object:
```jsconsole.log(decode.all);```
## Alternatives
If you need a more robust implementation, try one of the following libraries:
* [html-entities](https://github.com/mdevils/node-html-entities)* [ent](https://github.com/substack/node-ent)
## About
### Related projects
* [html-elements](https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-elements): Array of all standard HTML and HTML5 elements. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/html-elements "Array of all standard HTML and HTML5 elements.")* [html-tag](https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-tag): Generate HTML elements from a javascript object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/html-tag "Generate HTML elements from a javascript object.")* [html-toc](https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-toc): Generate a HTML table of contents using cheerio. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/html-toc "Generate a HTML table of contents using cheerio.")* [is-self-closing](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-self-closing): Returns true if the given name is a HTML void element or common SVG self-closing… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-self-closing) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-self-closing "Returns true if the given name is a HTML void element or common SVG self-closing element.")
### Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
### Building docs
_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb```
### Running tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh$ npm install && npm test```
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)* [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
### License
Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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