From 63dd0b2923d02a9da1f1b3dbd98256ea29811354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vaishnavi192 <vaishnavi.m1084@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:51:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove DOM dependency from ArticleCard

Fixes: #683

Signed-off-by: vaishnavi192 <vaishnavi.m1084@gmail.com>
---
 src/components/ui/ArticleCard/index.tsx | 32 +++++++++++--------------
 src/utils/htmlToText.ts                 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/utils/htmlToText.ts

diff --git a/src/components/ui/ArticleCard/index.tsx b/src/components/ui/ArticleCard/index.tsx
index d1ff58c057..ef95e09de4 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/ArticleCard/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/ArticleCard/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import parse from 'html-react-parser';
+import htmlToText from '@site/src/utils/htmlToText';
 type ArticleCardProps = {
   title: string;
   subtitle: string;
@@ -27,22 +27,18 @@ const PublishDate = ({ date, styles }: { date: string; styles?: string }) => {
     </div>
   );
 };
-const Title = (title: string) => {
-  return <h3 className="text-purple-700">{title}</h3>;
-};
-
 function ArticleCard(props: ArticleCardProps) {
   // Select fallback image based on index, cycling through available images
   const fallbackImage = FALLBACK_IMAGES[(props.index || 0) % FALLBACK_IMAGES.length];
-  
-  // Sanitizes HTML and converts it to plain text
-  const sanitizeHtml = (html: string) => {
-    if (!html) return html;
-    const div = document.createElement("div");
-    div.innerHTML = html;
-    return div.textContent || div.innerText || "";
+  const subtitleStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
+    display: '-webkit-box',
+    WebkitBoxOrient: 'vertical',
+    WebkitLineClamp: 3,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
   };
-  const abbrSubtitle = sanitizeHtml(props.subtitle).trim().split(' ').slice(0, 32).join(' ').concat('...');
+
+  const titleContent = htmlToText(props.title);
+  const subtitleContent = htmlToText(props.subtitle);
   if (props.altLayout) {
     return (
       <article className="my-4 max-w-2xl shadow-lg">
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ function ArticleCard(props: ArticleCardProps) {
                   href={props.path}
                   target="_blank"
                   className="text-white no-underline hover:text-blue-100 hover:no-underline dark:text-white dark:hover:text-blue-50">
-                  {sanitizeHtml(props.title)}
+                  {titleContent}
                 </a>
               </h3>
               <PublishDate date={props.date} styles="col-start-1 order-1 row-start-1 z-10" />
@@ -64,8 +60,8 @@ function ArticleCard(props: ArticleCardProps) {
               className=" col-start-1 row-start-1 h-full w-full rounded-sm object-cover lg:w-80"
             />
           </div>
-          <div className="max-w-sm items-center gap-2 self-center p-2 pr-4">
-            {parse(abbrSubtitle)}
+          <div className="max-w-sm items-center gap-2 self-center p-2 pr-4" style={subtitleStyle}>
+            {subtitleContent}
             <p className="mt-2 text-purple-700">
               By: <a href={props.author_link}>{props.display_name}</a>
             </p>
@@ -84,10 +80,10 @@ function ArticleCard(props: ArticleCardProps) {
               href={props.path}
               target="_blank"
               className="text-white no-underline hover:text-blue-100 hover:no-underline dark:text-white dark:hover:text-blue-50">
-              {sanitizeHtml(props.title)}
+              {titleContent}
             </a>
           </h3>
-          {parse(abbrSubtitle)}
+          <div style={subtitleStyle}>{subtitleContent}</div>
           <PublishDate date={props.date} styles="row-start-1 col-start-1 z-10 my-2" />
           <img src={props.imgSrc || fallbackImage} className="object-fit col-start-1 row-start-1 rounded-sm" />
           <p className="text-purple-700">
diff --git a/src/utils/htmlToText.ts b/src/utils/htmlToText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..580f21b4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/htmlToText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import parse from 'html-react-parser';
+
+const collectText = (node: React.ReactNode): string => {
+  if (typeof node === 'string' || typeof node === 'number') {
+    return String(node);
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(node)) {
+    return node.map(collectText).join('');
+  }
+
+  if (React.isValidElement(node)) {
+    return collectText(node.props.children);
+  }
+
+  return '';
+};
+
+export default function htmlToText(html: string): string {
+  if (!html) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  return collectText(parse(html));
+}
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