Module: URI::Escape

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Extended In: ::URI
Defined in:	lib/uri/common.rb

Overview

module for escaping unsafe characters with codes.

Instance Method Summary

#decode(*arg)

Alias for #unescape.
#encode(*arg)

Alias for #escape.
#escape(*arg) (also: #encode)

Synopsis.
#unescape(*arg) (also: #decode)

Synopsis.

Instance Method Details

#decode(*arg)

Alias for #unescape.

[ GitHub ]

# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 127


alias decode unescape

#encode(*arg)

Alias for #escape.

[ GitHub ]

# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 101


alias encode escape

#escape(*arg) Also known as: #encode

Synopsis

URI.escape(str [, unsafe])

Args

str: String to replaces in.
unsafe: Regexp that matches all symbols that must be replaced with codes. By default uses REGEXP::UNSAFE. When this argument is a String, it represents a character set.

Description

Escapes the string, replacing all unsafe characters with codes.

Usage

require 'uri'

enc_uri = URI.escape("http://example.com/?a=\11\15")
p enc_uri
# => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"

p URI.unescape(enc_uri)
# => "http://example.com/?a=\t\r"

p URI.escape("@?@!", "!?")
# => "@%3F@%21"

[ GitHub ]

# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 97


def escape(*arg)
  warn "#{caller(1)[0]}: warning: URI.escape is obsolete" if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(*arg)
end

#unescape(*arg) Also known as: #decode

Synopsis

URI.unescape(str)

Args

str: Unescapes the string.

Usage

require 'uri'

enc_uri = URI.escape("http://example.com/?a=\11\15")
p enc_uri
# => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"

p URI.unescape(enc_uri)
# => "http://example.com/?a=\t\r"

[ GitHub ]

# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 123


def unescape(*arg)
  warn "#{caller(1)[0]}: warning: URI.unescape is obsolete" if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.unescape(*arg)
end