transform.XMLEscape

The transform.XMLEscape function removes disallowed characters as defined in the XML specification, then escapes the result by replacing the following characters with HTML entities:

• " → "
• ' → '
• & → &
• < → <
• > → >
• \t → 	
• \n → 

• \r → 


For example:

{{ transform.XMLEscape "<p>abc</p>" }} → &lt;p&gt;abc&lt;/p&gt;

When using transform.XMLEscape in a template rendered by Go’s html/template package, declare the string to be safe HTML to avoid double escaping. For example, in an RSS template:

<description>{{ .Summary | transform.XMLEscape | safeHTML }}</description>