Javascript html decoding

Question

When I receive html text by ajax in asp.net application it looks like:

<span%20style='color:green;font-weight:bold'>%20Text%20Msg</span>

how is it possible in javascript decode that text to normal html?

<span style='color:green;font-weight:bold'> Text Msg </span>

Thanks!

Answer 1

You are probably best suited with finding a server side solution as already mentioned in the comments, since this seems like a server side problem.

If you for some reason wish to do this client side anyway, here is a solution:

var str = "<span%20style='color:green;font-weight:bold'>%20Text%20Msg</span>";
var fixedStr = decodeURIComponent(str).replace(/&lt;/g,'<').replace(/&gt;/g,'>');

Answer 2

Nice function here that does it for you - http://phpjs.org/functions/htmlspecialchars_decode:427