Can't call escape method on Ruby 3.0.0

[zacky1972]

I can't call escape method of URI on Ruby 3.0.0 as follows:

% ruby --version
ruby 3.0.0p0 (2020-12-25 revision 95aff21468) [x86_64-darwin19]
% irb
irb(main):001:0> p URI.espace('http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=モナリザ&ie=E
UC-JP')
Traceback (most recent call last):
        4: from /Users/zacky/.rbenv/versions/3.0.0/bin/irb:23:in `<main>'
        3: from /Users/zacky/.rbenv/versions/3.0.0/bin/irb:23:in `load'
        2: from /Users/zacky/.rbenv/versions/3.0.0/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/irb-1.3.0/exe/irb:11:in `<top (required)>'
        1: from (irb):1:in `<main>'
NoMethodError (undefined method `espace' for URI:Module)

I feel it has some problems.

[hsbt]

It's intentionally removed at 61c6a47

[zacky1972]

Oh, my gosh.

I use Middleman 4.3, which uses escape method of URI...

Is there an alternative?

[ioquatix]

# This method is obsolete and should not be used.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.

[davidelbe]

Use CGI.escape instead. FYI, your first comment tries to use espacewhich I guess just is a spelling error.

While you are waiting for Middleman to be updated you could always monkeypatch the escape method in URI to use CGI.escape instead.

[GieziJo]

In case somebody else stumbles uppon this, using the latest github version of middleman instead of the default version fixed this for me. In your Gemfile change gem 'middleman' to

gem 'middleman', github: 'middleman/middleman'

[paulschreiber]

ERB::Util.url_encode worked better for me, as it used %20 instead of + for spaces.

[vidurpunj]

yes method is missing in ruby 3.1.2 also solution is do a monkey patching.
under intializers foler of rails application add a file.
uri_escape.rb with code as below:

module URI
  def URI.escape(url)
    url
  end
end