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Introduction

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This article will discuss

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the implementation of Input Sanitization in Joget.

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The purpose of sanitizing text field values is to protect against malicious input that could lead to security vulnerabilities or unintended behavior. In Joget, a sanitization option is available for the

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following form element within the form:


1. Text Area

2. Text Field

3. Custom HTML

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The `Sanitize Input Value?` option will sanitize the input value before storing data to in the database. It will also un-escape it again when loading from the form binder to prevent double escape.

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Drag the Text Area, Text Field, and Custom HTML to form

Figure 1: Drag the mentioned form elements 

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Create CRUD and test. Input value of your choice into 3 of the form fields.

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Figure 4: Input text

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Results:

In listthe datalist, it will show as text as shown in Figure 5
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Figure 5: Runtime Result


Press edit on of the list datalist row in Figure 5. The sanitized value of Custom HTML can be seen here.

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Figure 6: Custom HTML

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In the database, the text area & text field value are sanitized as shown in Figure 7.

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Figure 7: Database Result

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