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Module: URI::Escape

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Defined in: lib/uri/common.rb

Overview

module for escaping unsafe characters with codes.

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Details

#decode(*arg)

Alias for #unescape.

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# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 132

alias decode unescape

#encode(*arg)

Alias for #escape.

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# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 106

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 UNSAFE. When this argument is a String, it represents a character set.

Description

Escapes the string, replacing all unsafe characters with codes.

This method is obsolete and should not be used. Instead, use CGI.escape, URI.encode_www_form or URI.encode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case.

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"
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# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 102

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  warn "#{caller(1)[0]}: warning: URI.escape is obsolete" if $VERBOSE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"
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# File 'lib/uri/common.rb', line 128

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  warn "#{caller(1)[0]}: warning: URI.unescape is obsolete" if $VERBOSE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