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 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This method is obsolete and should not be used.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")
# => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"

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

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

 
               # File uri/common.rb, line 101
def escape(*arg)
  warn "URI.escape is obsolete", uplevel: 1 if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(*arg)
end
            

Synopsis¶ ↑

URI.unescape(str)

Args¶ ↑

str

String to unescape.

Description¶ ↑

This method is obsolete and should not be used. Instead, use CGI.unescape, URI.decode_www_form or URI.decode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case.

Usage¶ ↑

require 'uri'

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

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

 
               # File uri/common.rb, line 132
def unescape(*arg)
  warn "URI.unescape is obsolete", uplevel: 1 if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.unescape(*arg)
end