encodeUriOnce

Utility for ensuring that a URI has only been encoded once.

Rationale

I developed this utility while working on a pass through library that accepts various sorts of data from the client, re-shapes it, and passes it on to a server with a highly opinionated JSON schema. For some property values, the rigid JSON schema required a correctly encoded URI; but I couldn't always be sure that the client had or hadn't already encoded their dynamic value. I wanted to make sure it was encoded, but also be sure not to encoded it if it already had been. I also didn't see anything quite like this already in existence on npm.

To Download

$ npm install --save encodeUriOnce

To Use

var eu1 = require('encodeUriOnce');

var objectWithRequiredEncodedURIValues = {
  needsEncoding: eu1('https://www.encodeurionce.com?query=all wrong'),
    // >> "https://www.encodeurionce.com?query=all%20wrong"
  noEncodingNeeded: eu1('https://www.encodeurionce.com?query=all%20okay'),
    // >> "https://www.encodeurionce.com?query=all%20okay"
  somehowDoubleEncoded: eu1('https://www.encodeurionce.com?query=too%2520many%2520times')
    // >> "https://encodeurionce.com?query=too%20many%20times"
};

Review the Code

The GitHub repo for this module is here