Remove html tags from job description

[ksk5280]

Investigate best way to remove html tags from the job description before rendering on the view.

The rails view uses the sanitize method: https://github.com/LookingForMe/lookingfor/blob/d3b65541264aec1b7f76ef1bac988b379a1f3a04/app/views/jobs/show.html.erb#L21

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html

Would it make more sense to remove the tags from the API endpoint or to try to remove them on the front-end?

@rrgayhart @NickyBobby @hhoopes

[erinnachen]

@ksk5280 Do you have a job in particular that has those html tags in them? It may be helpful to see which service those jobs are coming from.

[brianrip]

@NickyBobby @erinnachen I am going to try and address this on the front end for now. I would prefer to keep the html tags in the JSON so that I can utilize them to display the content.

[brianrip]

@NickyBobby I was able to take care of the HTML elements on my end and utilize them for organization.

[ksk5280]

Since Brian was able to use the tags on the front end, I'm going to close this issue.

[ksk5280]

I'm reopening this issue because I don't think that the way this is done on the front end is necessarily the best solution or at least not a complete solution. The styling on the job listings is all over the place.
I agree with Brian that the tags are useful to help with styling, but perhaps there is a way to make the styling more uniform or sanitized?

In response to Erinna's comment above, the services that the tags are coming from are Stack Overflow and Authentic Jobs. We work remotely does not have them.

Another question is why are the Stack Overflow and Authentic Jobs description saved with tags while the We Work Remotely descriptions are not? Do we want to/can we change this so that the We Work Remotely descriptions also have the html tags in them?

[rrgayhart]

^ Good thoughts. Looks like using NokoGiri on the back end to maintain structure might be a viable option - or in the meantime, you could just strip the tags http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7414267/strip-html-from-string-ruby-on-rails

[ghost]

Hey @s-espinosa, would it make sense to tackle this right now? I don't want the front-end team to be working on something that requires this part from the back-end project and then mess everything up. Let me know whether or not this is a good issue to tackle whenever you can.