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# Module: mermaidAPI

## References

### <a id="default" name="default"></a> default

Renames and re-exports [mermaidAPI](mermaidAPI.md#mermaidapi)

## Variables

### <a id="mermaidapi" name="mermaidapi"></a> mermaidAPI

• `Const` **mermaidAPI**: `Readonly`<{ `defaultConfig`: `MermaidConfig` = configApi.defaultConfig; `getConfig`: () => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.getConfig; `getSiteConfig`: () => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.getSiteConfig; `globalReset`: () => `void` ; `initialize`: (`options`: `MermaidConfig`) => `Promise`<`void`> ; `parse`: (`text`: `string`, `parseError?`: `ParseErrorFunction`) => `boolean` ; `parseDirective`: (`p`: `any`, `statement`: `string`, `context`: `string`, `type`: `string`) => `void` ; `render`: (`id`: `string`, `text`: `string`, `cb`: (`svgCode`: `string`, `bindFunctions?`: (`element`: `Element`) => `void`) => `void`, `container?`: `Element`) => `Promise`<`void`> ; `reset`: () => `void` ; `setConfig`: (`conf`: `MermaidConfig`) => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.setConfig; `updateSiteConfig`: (`conf`: `MermaidConfig`) => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.updateSiteConfig }>

#### Defined in

mermaidAPI.ts:485

## Functions

### <a id="decodeentities" name="decodeentities"></a> decodeEntities

▸ **decodeEntities**(`text`): `string`

#### Parameters

| Name   | Type     |
| :----- | :------- |
| `text` | `string` |

#### Returns

`string`

#### Defined in

mermaidAPI.ts:72

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### <a id="encodeentities" name="encodeentities"></a> encodeEntities

▸ **encodeEntities**(`text`): `string`

#### Parameters

| Name   | Type     |
| :----- | :------- |
| `text` | `string` |

#### Returns

`string`

#### Defined in

mermaidAPI.ts:46