jquery spservices update listitem

Question

i'm trying to update a listitem using jquery spservices. everything is working but when i try to add a href to a richtextfield it doesnt work. it only updates plain text not the href. below is code, it's just a test so those urls are for testing.

function fn_UpdateListItem(){
$().SPServices({
operation: 'UpdateListItems',
listName: 'Bedrijven',
ID: 1,
valuepairs: [["Software", "<a href='http://www.google.nl'>its a test.</a>"]],
completefunc: function(xData, Status) {
alert('test complete');
}
});
}

if i change the valuepairs to

valuepairs: [[\"Software\", \"test\"]],

it works it puts test in the rich text field. but with href it doesnt work. anyone knows how to fix ? thanks in advane

Answer 1

I got the same problem for Sharepoint 2010, in this case the var dfNotes = CKEDITOR.instances.notes.getData(); didn't work for me, i found this:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee658527(v=office.14).aspx

var value = SP.Utilities.HttpUtility.htmlEncode(html); 

Edit

Tested on Sharepoint 2016 SharePoint On-Premises, It works too, so i it should work for SharePoint Online aswell !!

This is how it worked for me:

function AddListItem(html, list) { 
    var value = SP.Utilities.HttpUtility.htmlEncode(html);        
    $().SPServices({
        operation: "UpdateListItems",
        async: false,
        batchCmd: "New",
        listName: list,
        valuepairs: [["Title", 'Title'], ["Content", value]],
        completefunc: function(xData, Status) {
            console.log(Status);
        }
    });

}