Reading html content with without escaping?

Question

I am trying to read the html content using innerHTML. It seems to convert the '<' in the text content to '<' .

I would rather not to. Is there anything in JS that would allow me to render as such

In HTML, "<" *must* be encoded as `<`. `innerHTML` will give you *valid HTML*. If you're interested in reading the *textual content* of a node, you want `innerText` instead…? — deceze, Apr 08 '22 at 06:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '22 at 06:47

For example,

// This reads < as &lt;
let html = document.querySelector('.el').innerHTML
// This converts the &lt; back into <
html = _.unescape(html)

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