Scripting Helper Methods

Helper Methods for Scripting

The following helper methods are not part of the ES5 JavaScript standard, but they are very helpful for a lot of use cases.

Name
Description

html2Text(text)

Converts a HTML string to plain text.

markdown2Text(text)

Converts a markdown string to plain text.

formatDate(date,pattern)

Formats a JavaScript date object using the specified pattern.

formatTime(date,pattern)

Same as formatDate.

wordCount(text)

Counts the number of words in a text. Useful in combination with html2Text or markdown2Text.

characterCount(text)

Counts the number of characters in a text. Useful in combination with html2Text or markdown2Text.

toCamelCase(text)

Converts a text to camelCase.

toPascalCase(text)

Converts a text to PascalCase.

sha256(text)

Calculate the SHA256 hash from a given string. Use this method for hashing passwords.

md5(text)

Calculate the MD5 hash from a given string. Use this method for hashing passwords, when backwards compatibility is important.

slugify(text)

Calculates the slug of a text by removing all special characters and whitespaces to create a friendly term that can be used for SEO-friendly URLs.

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