F escape

Summary

function for escaping characters

Focus

Test Environment

unittest

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src/linkahead/utils/get_entity.py

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 """Convenience functions to retrieve a specific entity."""
 
 from typing import Union
-from ..common.models import execute_query, Entity
+
+from ..common.models import Entity, execute_query
+from .escape import escape_quoted_text
 
 
 def get_entity_by_name(name: str) -> Entity:
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ def get_entity_by_name(name: str) -> Entity:
 
     Submits the query "FIND ENTITY WITH name='{name}'".
     """
+    name = escape_quoted_text(name)
     return execute_query(f"FIND ENTITY WITH name='{name}'", unique=True)