provide noescape function for templates

internal/router/router.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package router
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ type Router interface {
 	AttachMiddleware(handler gin.HandlerFunc)
 	// Attach 404 NoRoute handler
 	AttachNoRouteHandler(handler gin.HandlerFunc)
+	// Set Template function map
+	SetTemplateFuncMap(functions template.FuncMap)
 	// Start the router
 	Start()
 	// Stop the router
@@ -98,6 +101,11 @@ func (r *router) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return r.srv.Shutdown(ctx)
 }
 
+// Set Template function map
+func (r *router) SetTemplateFuncMap(functions template.FuncMap) {
+	r.engine.SetFuncMap(functions)
+}
+
 // New returns a new Router with the specified configuration, using the given logrus logger.
 //
 // The given DB is only used in the New function for parsing config values, and is not otherwise

internal/web/base.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package web
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ func (m *Module) NotFoundHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	})
 }
 
+func noescape(str string) template.HTML {
+	return template.HTML(str)
+}
+
 // Route satisfies the RESTAPIModule interface
 func (m *Module) Route(s router.Router) error {
 
@@ -101,5 +106,13 @@ func (m *Module) Route(s router.Router) error {
 	// 404 handler
 	s.AttachNoRouteHandler(m.NotFoundHandler)
 
+	s.SetTemplateFuncMap(template.FuncMap{
+		"noescape": noescape,
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error setting router FuncMap: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }

web/template/index.tmpl

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<h3>This is the default landing page, you can edit it from <span class="accent">./web/template/index.tmpl</span></h1>
 	<p>
-		{{.instance.ShortDescription | noescape}}
+		{{.instance.ShortDescription |noescape}}
 	</p>
 </section>