HTML Escaping: Principles & Practical Tool Usage
HTML escaping is the process of converting special characters like angle brackets, ampersands, and quotes into HTML entities.
This reduces the risk of browsers interpreting user input as HTML tags or attributes, helping to prevent web security vulnerabilities like XSS when applied correctly. This guide breaks down the concept of HTML escaping, essential conversion rules, JavaScript/Java/Python code examples, and step-by-step instructions for using Vivoldi’s online tool.
It also introduces practical options you can use in the field, such as character-specific escaping, tag protection, double escape prevention, and selecting JavaScript or JSON output formats.