In both of the below, the explicit escaped back slash "%2F" is
converted to an actual backslash.
<%= link_to "blah", types_path("Vits%2Fmins") %>
<%= link_to "blah", :controller => :browse, :action => :list, :types
=> "Vits%2Fmins" %>
Is this a safety feature of the link_to helper?
On Jun 8, 9:16 pm, "tashfeen.ekram" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also, I noticed that even spaces are not being escaped with the below:
> <%= link_to type.name, types_path(CGI::escapeHTML(type.name)) %>
>
> The link is rendered with a space in it. Once I click on it, it is
> eventually rerouted to the same address except with the space escaped
> with a %20. That does not seem like the intended behavior?
>
> On May 27, 8:46 pm, Kendall Gifford <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Friday, May 27, 2011 3:41:00 PM UTC-6,tashfeen.ekram wrote:
>
> > > actually, it is not a resource route. it is a route that is
> > > specifically defined. that is there is not resource "type."
>
> > > match "/types/:types" => "browse#list", :as => :types
>
> > > It is unresourceful route.
>
> > If this is your route, as long as you don't have other routes that begin
> > with "/types/..." then you could update it with a constraint that allows
> > forward slashes:
>
> > > match "/types/:types" => "browse#list", :types => /.*/, :as => :types
>
> > This should both make the routes match correctly on incoming URLs _and_
> > allow you to call: types_path("text/with/slashes") without any errors being
> > raised.
>
> > Of course, you should adjust the constraints regexp as is appropriate (I
> > find it ugly/hackish to have it wide open like that except where it would
> > truly make sense). Also, if you had other routes like:
>
> > > match "/types/sub/directory/:id" => "browse#yourmom", :as => :your_mom
>
> > Then it'd conflict using the wide-open constraint technique.
>
> > Anyhow, if you absolutely insist on simply escaping slashes instead of
> > adding a constraint to your route, what was wrong with your first, original
> > example:
>
> > > <%= link_to type.name, types_path(CGI::escape(type.name)) %>
>
> > You mentioned the second one gave a "no route" error, but did this one? (I
> > just did a quick test and this actually worked for me). Just curious.
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