jellyfin/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using MediaBrowser.Model.Cryptography;

namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Class BaseExtensions
    /// </summary>
    public static class BaseExtensions
    {
        public static ICryptoProvider CryptographyProvider { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Strips the HTML.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="htmlString">The HTML string.</param>
        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
        public static string StripHtml(this string htmlString)
        {
            // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1349023/how-can-i-strip-html-from-text-in-net
            const string pattern = @"<(.|\n)*?>";

            return Regex.Replace(htmlString, pattern, string.Empty).Trim();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the M d5.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="str">The STR.</param>
        /// <returns>Guid.</returns>
        public static Guid GetMD5(this string str)
        {
            return CryptographyProvider.GetMD5(str);
        }
    }
}