RequireJS module to convert strings containing HTML entities to unicode text.

EntityToUnicode.js

define(
	'EntityToUnicode',
	function() {
		var el = document.createElement('p');

		/**
		 * HTML Entities to unicode text
		 * @param {string} str - String which contains HTML entities to decode
		 * @returns {string} A string of the equivalent unicode text
		 */
		return function(str) {
			/**
			 * XSS counter measure.
			 * Replacing all less-than signs with their entity ensures that there
			 * are no valid HTML tags in the .innerHTML of el. This simple change
			 * prevents possible XSS issues.
			 */
			el.innerHTML = str.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
			return el.textContent;
		}
	}
);