How to remove CDATA tags from any string with javascript? [duplicate]

Question

I'm using angularjs to fetch json data from a rest webservice.

Problem: most text elements come preformated containing html tags like <p>, <br>, <ul> etc. As an indicator for these tags, the texts are wrapped inside a CDATA tag as follows:

json:

{
    "offerName": "<![CDATA[<b>Testoffer 1</b>]]>"
}

angularjs:

$http.get(url).success(function(data) {
    $scope.data = data;
});

html:

<h1>{{data.offerName}}</h1>

Now, how could I let the clientside remove any CDATA tags before they are shown?

Something like .replace('<![CDATA[', '').replace(']]', ''); or something CDDATA/angular/json specific? — atmd
– atmd, Commented Aug 7, 2015 at 14:26

DonutReply · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-07 14:31:40Z

4

You can use this regular expression:

'<![CDATA[<b>Testoffer]]> 1</b>]]>'.replace(/^<\!\[CDATA\[|\]\]>$/g,'')

It only matches the the CDATA if they are at the start and end of the string. Remove the ^ and $ to match anywhere

answered Aug 7, 2015 at 14:31

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