Lint-UriEscapeUnescape.md

Pattern: Use of URI.escape/URI.unescape

Issue: -

Description

This rule identifies places where URI.escape can be replaced by CGI.escape, URI.encode_www_form or URI.encode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case. Also this rule identifies places where URI.unescape can be replaced by CGI.unescape, URI.decode_www_form or URI.decode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case.

Examples

# bad
URI.escape('http://example.com')
URI.encode('http://example.com')

# good
CGI.escape('http://example.com')
URI.encode_www_form('http://example.com')
URI.encode_www_form_component('http://example.com')

# bad
URI.unescape(enc_uri)
URI.decode(enc_uri)

# good
CGI.unescape(enc_uri)
URI.decode_www_form(enc_uri)
URI.decode_www_form_component(enc_uri)

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Lint/UriEscapeUnescape