boyney123/mockit

HTML getting rendered in the response field

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#21 opened on Apr 22, 2019

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Description

What you did:

Add this HTML snippet inside the response field. And you will see it render...

<div style='width: 500px; background-color: red;'>Hey you!</div>

What happened:

It rendered the HTML

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Suggested solution:

I think at the moment mockit will only return JSON responses. It would be nice that HTML does not get rendered as HTML, but also maybe give the user an error if HTML was added?

Option 2: We can try and support HTML as responses but not sure what would be involved.

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Tech stack
htmlcssjavascript
Domain
apitestingdeveloper experience
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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stale
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clear
Prerequisites
basic JavaScriptunderstanding of DOM
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75
Research direction
The issue reports HTML being rendered in the response field of the mock UI. First, check how the response content is displayed (likely in a React or vanilla JS component). Look for usage of dangerouslySetInnerHTML or innerHTML. Review the comments for any prior attempts or suggestions. The fix likely involves sanitizing or escaping HTML before rendering. Consider using a library like DOMPurify or simply replacing < and > with entities. Test with the provided HTML snippet to ensure no rendering.