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Fix Flow Action to Remove HTML Tags Correctly. (Issue - #1628) #1656

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25 changes: 21 additions & 4 deletions Specialized Areas/Flow Actions/Remove HTML Tags from a String in a Flow/removeHtmlTags.js
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(function execute(inputs, outputs) {
var htmlString = inputs.htmlValue || '';
outputs.plainString = htmlString.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '').trim();
})(inputs, outputs);
function removeHtmlTags(value) {
if (value === null || value === undefined) {
return '';
}

var stringValue = String(value);
var withoutTags = stringValue.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ' ');

return withoutTags.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
}

if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
module.exports = removeHtmlTags;
}

if (typeof inputs !== 'undefined' && typeof outputs !== 'undefined') {
(function execute(inputs, outputs) {
var htmlString = inputs.htmlValue || '';
outputs.plainString = removeHtmlTags(htmlString);
})(inputs, outputs);
}
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You've completely changed the way this IIFE is configured and it's not a pattern that most ServiceNow devs will be familiar with. For a script action in a Flow it's best to stick with the system generated template.

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