From a5b1a31e073d67be0215e68ce3714b2cfd661bfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Collins <davec@conformal.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:05:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use the net package function for credentials.

This change ensures any usernames or passwords which contain symbols that
would confuse the URL parser are properly escaped.
---
 jsonfxns.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jsonfxns.go b/jsonfxns.go
index df4a16b759..baa45b65c3 100644
--- a/jsonfxns.go
+++ b/jsonfxns.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func jsonRPCSend(user string, password string, server string, message []byte,
 		client.Transport = transport
 		protocol = "https"
 	}
-	credentials := user + ":" + password
+	credentials := url.UserPassword(user, password).String()
 	resp, err := client.Post(protocol+"://"+credentials+"@"+server,
 		"application/json", bytes.NewReader(message))
 	if err != nil {