From 2dd9a71306721dd1849d89d926bb1ce4fd7ceee9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: allardy <yann.allard1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:23:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(webchat): make html escaping configurable

---
 packages/webchat/src/components/messages/Message.tsx | 2 +-
 packages/webchat/src/typings.ts                      | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webchat/src/components/messages/Message.tsx b/packages/webchat/src/components/messages/Message.tsx
index 207aeabeb..15d099f4f 100644
--- a/packages/webchat/src/components/messages/Message.tsx
+++ b/packages/webchat/src/components/messages/Message.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Message extends Component<MessageProps> {
           onAudioEnded: this.props.onAudioEnded,
           shouldPlay: this.props.shouldPlay,
           intl: this.props.store!.intl,
-          escapeHTML: true,
+          escapeHTML: this.props.store!.config.escapeHtml === undefined ? true : this.props.store!.config.escapeHtml,
           showTimestamp: this.props.store!.config.showTimestamp!,
           googleMapsAPIKey: this.props.store!.config.googleMapsAPIKey
         }}
diff --git a/packages/webchat/src/typings.ts b/packages/webchat/src/typings.ts
index dfec11fc9..8104783f6 100644
--- a/packages/webchat/src/typings.ts
+++ b/packages/webchat/src/typings.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,12 @@ export interface Config {
    * Display's the webchat close button when the webchat is opened
    */
   showCloseButton?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Replaces < and > with their HTML entities &lt; and &gt;.
+   * Setting it to false will let the markdown parser handle html itself
+   * @default true
+   */
+  escapeHtml?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface BotDetails {