Changed the way query string information gets encoded in hopes that i…

…t fixes some problems for some people.

History.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* v 0.2.3: changed the way things get escaped in hopes that it would fix some problems some were having
 * v 0.2.2: a bunch of changes from titanous, mostly refactoring
 * v 0.2.0: added support for scrobbling tracks and now playing submission (Titanous)
 * v 0.1.0: initial release

examples/track.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'scrobbler'))
+require 'pp'
 
 track = Scrobbler::Track.new('Carrie Underwood', 'Before He Cheats')
 puts 'Fans'
 puts "=" * 4
-track.fans.each { |u| puts "(#{u.weight}) #{u.username}" }
+track.fans.each { |u| puts "(#{u.weight}) #{u.username}" }
+
+track = Scrobbler::Track.new('U2 & Green Day', 'The Saints Are Coming')
+pp track.tags

lib/scrobbler/rest.rb

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ def request(resource, method = "get", args = nil)
   			url = URI.join(@base_url, resource)
 
   			if args
-  				# TODO: What about keys without value?
-  				url.query = args.map { |k,v| "%s=%s" % [URI.encode(k.to_s), URI.encode(v.to_s)] }.join("&")
+  				url.query = args.map { |k,v| "%s=%s" % [escape(k.to_s), escape(v.to_s)] }.join("&")
   			end
 
   			case method
@@ -42,6 +41,11 @@ def request(resource, method = "get", args = nil)
   			res = http.start() { |conn| conn.request(req) }
   			res.body
   		end
+
+  		private
+  		  def escape(str)
+  		    URI.escape(str, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]"))
+  		  end
   	end
   end
 end