portfolio/lib/html-decode.ts

/**
 * Decode HTML entities in strings
 * Converts ' " & < > etc. to their actual characters
 */
export function decodeHtmlEntities(text: string): string {
  if (!text || typeof text !== 'string') {
    return text;
  }

  // Create a temporary element to decode HTML entities
  const textarea = document.createElement('textarea');
  textarea.innerHTML = text;
  return textarea.value;
}

/**
 * Server-side HTML entity decoding (for Node.js/Next.js API routes)
 */
export function decodeHtmlEntitiesServer(text: string): string {
  if (!text || typeof text !== 'string') {
    return text;
  }

  // Map of common HTML entities
  const entityMap: Record<string, string> = {
    '&apos;': "'",
    '&quot;': '"',
    '&amp;': '&',
    '&lt;': '<',
    '&gt;': '>',
    '&#39;': "'",
    '&#x27;': "'",
    '&#x2F;': '/',
    '&#x60;': '`',
    '&#x3D;': '=',
  };

  return text.replace(/&[#\w]+;/g, (entity) => {
    return entityMap[entity] || entity;
  });
}