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safe.HTMLAttr

Introduction​

Usage​

Use the safe.HTMLAttr function to encapsulate an HTML attribute from a trusted source.

Use of this type presents a security risk: the encapsulated content should come from a trusted source, as it will be included verbatim in the template output.

See the Go documentation for details.

Example​

Without a safe declaration:

{{ with .Date }}
  {{ $humanDate := time.Format "2 Jan 2006" . }}
  {{ $machineDate := time.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" . }}
  <time datetime="{{ $machineDate }}">{{ $humanDate }}</time>
{{ end }}

Hugo renders the above to:

<time datetime="2024-05-26T07:19:55&#43;02:00">26 May 2024</time>

To declare the key-value pair as safe:

{{ with .Date }}
  {{ $humanDate := time.Format "2 Jan 2006" . }}
  {{ $machineDate := time.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" . }}
  <time {{ printf "datetime=%q" $machineDate | safeHTMLAttr }}>{{ $humanDate }}</time>
{{ end }}

Hugo renders the above to:

<time datetime="2024-05-26T07:19:55+02:00">26 May 2024</time>