How to convert string into html format using ejs in javascript

Question

The scenario is the user will enter the text in HTML format (e.g. <\/b>Testing<\/b>) then the inserted text will get saved into the database(HTML code as a string (e.g. <\b>Testing<\/b>).

I want the string fetched back from the database to be displayed as HTML text (e.g. Testing).

I followed the below snippet but didn't get anything as output.

Note: <%= cData.description %> worked fine when executed simply but displayed HTML code as plain text.

test.js (route file):

var testid = 234123;
b.find(testid, function(data) {
  b.otherdet(testid, function(cdata){
    res.render('blogdesc',{
      Data: data,
      cdata: cdata
    });     
  });
});

test.ejs file:

<p class="" id="descid"></p>

<script>
  var $log = $( "#descid" );
  html = $.parseHTML('<%= cData.description %>'); //description is column in database
  $log.append( html );
</script>

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– Craicerjack, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 17:18

Mike Samuel · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-10 16:05:19Z

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/8125053/20394 shows how to emit HTML as-is in EJS, but please make sure that you sanitize that content to avoid XSS.

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 16:05

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kartik tyagi · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-10 17:27:25Z

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I've found, where did it go wrong. I was using:

html = $.parseHTML('<%=blogData.description%>');

while the actual syntax should be this:

html = $.parseHTML('<%-blogData.description%>');

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 17:27

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