URI::Escape

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"

 
               # File uri/common.rb, line 621
def escape(*arg)
  warn "#{caller(1)[0]}: warning: URI.escape is obsolete" if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(*arg)
end
            

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"

 
               # File uri/common.rb, line 647
def unescape(*arg)
  warn "#{caller(1)[0]}: warning: URI.unescape is obsolete" if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.unescape(*arg)
end