module URI

URI is a module providing classes to handle Uniform Resource Identifiers (RFC2396).

Features

Basic example

require 'uri'

uri = URI("http://foo.com/posts?id=30&limit=5#time=1305298413")
#=> #<URI::HTTP http://foo.com/posts?id=30&limit=5#time=1305298413>

uri.scheme    #=> "http"
uri.host      #=> "foo.com"
uri.path      #=> "/posts"
uri.query     #=> "id=30&limit=5"
uri.fragment  #=> "time=1305298413"

uri.to_s      #=> "http://foo.com/posts?id=30&limit=5#time=1305298413"

Adding custom URIs

module URI
  class RSYNC < Generic
    DEFAULT_PORT = 873
  end
  register_scheme 'RSYNC', RSYNC
end
#=> URI::RSYNC

URI.scheme_list
#=> {"FILE"=>URI::File, "FTP"=>URI::FTP, "HTTP"=>URI::HTTP,
#    "HTTPS"=>URI::HTTPS, "LDAP"=>URI::LDAP, "LDAPS"=>URI::LDAPS,
#    "MAILTO"=>URI::MailTo, "RSYNC"=>URI::RSYNC}

uri = URI("rsync://rsync.foo.com")
#=> #<URI::RSYNC rsync://rsync.foo.com>

RFC References

A good place to view an RFC spec is www.ietf.org/rfc.html.

Here is a list of all related RFC’s:

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Copyright Info

Author

Akira Yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org>

Documentation

Akira Yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org> Dmitry V. Sabanin <sdmitry@lrn.ru> Vincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com>

License

Copyright © 2001 akira yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org> You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same term as Ruby.

Constants

DEFAULT_PARSER

URI::Parser.new

INITIAL_SCHEMES
Parser
REGEXP
RFC2396_PARSER
RFC3986_PARSER
TBLENCURICOMP_

Public Class Methods

decode_uri_component(str, enc=Encoding::UTF_8) click to toggle source

Decodes given str of URL-encoded data.

This does not decode + to SP.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 353
def self.decode_uri_component(str, enc=Encoding::UTF_8)
  _decode_uri_component(/%\h\h/, str, enc)
end
decode_www_form(str, enc=Encoding::UTF_8, separator: '&', use__charset_: false, isindex: false) click to toggle source

Decodes URL-encoded form data from given str.

This decodes application/x-www-form-urlencoded data and returns an array of key-value arrays.

This refers url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-urlencoded-parser, so this supports only &-separator, and doesn’t support ;-separator.

ary = URI.decode_www_form("a=1&a=2&b=3")
ary                   #=> [['a', '1'], ['a', '2'], ['b', '3']]
ary.assoc('a').last   #=> '1'
ary.assoc('b').last   #=> '3'
ary.rassoc('a').last  #=> '2'
Hash[ary]             #=> {"a"=>"2", "b"=>"3"}

See URI.decode_www_form_component, URI.encode_www_form.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 440
def self.decode_www_form(str, enc=Encoding::UTF_8, separator: '&', use__charset_: false, isindex: false)
  raise ArgumentError, "the input of #{self.name}.#{__method__} must be ASCII only string" unless str.ascii_only?
  ary = []
  return ary if str.empty?
  enc = Encoding.find(enc)
  str.b.each_line(separator) do |string|
    string.chomp!(separator)
    key, sep, val = string.partition('=')
    if isindex
      if sep.empty?
        val = key
        key = +''
      end
      isindex = false
    end

    if use__charset_ and key == '_charset_' and e = get_encoding(val)
      enc = e
      use__charset_ = false
    end

    key.gsub!(/\+|%\h\h/, TBLDECWWWCOMP_)
    if val
      val.gsub!(/\+|%\h\h/, TBLDECWWWCOMP_)
    else
      val = +''
    end

    ary << [key, val]
  end
  ary.each do |k, v|
    k.force_encoding(enc)
    k.scrub!
    v.force_encoding(enc)
    v.scrub!
  end
  ary
end
decode_www_form_component(str, enc=Encoding::UTF_8) click to toggle source

Decodes given str of URL-encoded form data.

This decodes + to SP.

See URI.encode_www_form_component, URI.decode_www_form.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 339
def self.decode_www_form_component(str, enc=Encoding::UTF_8)
  _decode_uri_component(/\+|%\h\h/, str, enc)
end
encode_uri_component(str, enc=nil) click to toggle source

Encodes str using URL encoding

This encodes SP to %20 instead of +.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 346
def self.encode_uri_component(str, enc=nil)
  _encode_uri_component(/[^*\-.0-9A-Z_a-z]/, TBLENCURICOMP_, str, enc)
end
encode_www_form(enum, enc=nil) click to toggle source

Generates URL-encoded form data from given enum.

This generates application/x-www-form-urlencoded data defined in HTML5 from given an Enumerable object.

This internally uses URI.encode_www_form_component(str).

This method doesn’t convert the encoding of given items, so convert them before calling this method if you want to send data as other than original encoding or mixed encoding data. (Strings which are encoded in an HTML5 ASCII incompatible encoding are converted to UTF-8.)

This method doesn’t handle files. When you send a file, use multipart/form-data.

This refers url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-urlencoded-serializer

URI.encode_www_form([["q", "ruby"], ["lang", "en"]])
#=> "q=ruby&lang=en"
URI.encode_www_form("q" => "ruby", "lang" => "en")
#=> "q=ruby&lang=en"
URI.encode_www_form("q" => ["ruby", "perl"], "lang" => "en")
#=> "q=ruby&q=perl&lang=en"
URI.encode_www_form([["q", "ruby"], ["q", "perl"], ["lang", "en"]])
#=> "q=ruby&q=perl&lang=en"

See URI.encode_www_form_component, URI.decode_www_form.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 404
def self.encode_www_form(enum, enc=nil)
  enum.map do |k,v|
    if v.nil?
      encode_www_form_component(k, enc)
    elsif v.respond_to?(:to_ary)
      v.to_ary.map do |w|
        str = encode_www_form_component(k, enc)
        unless w.nil?
          str << '='
          str << encode_www_form_component(w, enc)
        end
      end.join('&')
    else
      str = encode_www_form_component(k, enc)
      str << '='
      str << encode_www_form_component(v, enc)
    end
  end.join('&')
end
encode_www_form_component(str, enc=nil) click to toggle source

Encodes given str to URL-encoded form data.

This method doesn’t convert *, -, ., 0-9, A-Z, _, a-z, but does convert SP (ASCII space) to + and converts others to %XX.

If enc is given, convert str to the encoding before percent encoding.

This is an implementation of www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-html5-20130806/forms.html#url-encoded-form-data.

See URI.decode_www_form_component, URI.encode_www_form.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 330
def self.encode_www_form_component(str, enc=nil)
  _encode_uri_component(/[^*\-.0-9A-Z_a-z]/, TBLENCWWWCOMP_, str, enc)
end
extract(str, schemes = nil, &block) click to toggle source

Synopsis

URI::extract(str[, schemes][,&blk])

Args

str

String to extract URIs from.

schemes

Limit URI matching to specific schemes.

Description

Extracts URIs from a string. If block given, iterates through all matched URIs. Returns nil if block given or array with matches.

Usage

require "uri"

URI.extract("text here http://foo.example.org/bla and here mailto:test@example.com and here also.")
# => ["http://foo.example.com/bla", "mailto:test@example.com"]
# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 259
def self.extract(str, schemes = nil, &block)
  warn "URI.extract is obsolete", uplevel: 1 if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.extract(str, schemes, &block)
end
for(scheme, *arguments, default: Generic) click to toggle source

Construct a URI instance, using the scheme to detect the appropriate class from URI.scheme_list.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 97
def self.for(scheme, *arguments, default: Generic)
  const_name = scheme.to_s.upcase

  uri_class = INITIAL_SCHEMES[const_name]
  uri_class ||= if /\A[A-Z]\w*\z/.match?(const_name) && Schemes.const_defined?(const_name, false)
    Schemes.const_get(const_name, false)
  end
  uri_class ||= default

  return uri_class.new(scheme, *arguments)
end
join(*str) click to toggle source

Synopsis

URI::join(str[, str, ...])

Args

str

String(s) to work with, will be converted to RFC3986 URIs before merging.

Description

Joins URIs.

Usage

require 'uri'

URI.join("http://example.com/","main.rbx")
# => #<URI::HTTP http://example.com/main.rbx>

URI.join('http://example.com', 'foo')
# => #<URI::HTTP http://example.com/foo>

URI.join('http://example.com', '/foo', '/bar')
# => #<URI::HTTP http://example.com/bar>

URI.join('http://example.com', '/foo', 'bar')
# => #<URI::HTTP http://example.com/bar>

URI.join('http://example.com', '/foo/', 'bar')
# => #<URI::HTTP http://example.com/foo/bar>
# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 231
def self.join(*str)
  RFC3986_PARSER.join(*str)
end
open(name, *rest, &block) click to toggle source

Allows the opening of various resources including URIs.

If the first argument responds to the ‘open’ method, ‘open’ is called on it with the rest of the arguments.

If the first argument is a string that begins with (protocol)://, it is parsed by URI.parse. If the parsed object responds to the ‘open’ method, ‘open’ is called on it with the rest of the arguments.

Otherwise, Kernel#open is called.

OpenURI::OpenRead#open provides URI::HTTP#open, URI::HTTPS#open and URI::FTP#open, Kernel#open.

We can accept URIs and strings that begin with http://, https:// and ftp://. In these cases, the opened file object is extended by OpenURI::Meta.

Calls superclass method
# File lib/open-uri.rb, line 23
def self.open(name, *rest, &block)
  if name.respond_to?(:open)
    name.open(*rest, &block)
  elsif name.respond_to?(:to_str) &&
        %r{\A[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+\-\.]*://} =~ name &&
        (uri = URI.parse(name)).respond_to?(:open)
    uri.open(*rest, &block)
  else
    super
  end
end
parse(uri) click to toggle source

Synopsis

URI::parse(uri_str)

Args

uri_str

String with URI.

Description

Creates one of the URI’s subclasses instance from the string.

Raises

URI::InvalidURIError

Raised if URI given is not a correct one.

Usage

require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("http://www.ruby-lang.org/")
# => #<URI::HTTP http://www.ruby-lang.org/>
uri.scheme
# => "http"
uri.host
# => "www.ruby-lang.org"

It’s recommended to first ::escape the provided uri_str if there are any invalid URI characters.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 194
def self.parse(uri)
  RFC3986_PARSER.parse(uri)
end
regexp(schemes = nil) click to toggle source

Synopsis

URI::regexp([match_schemes])

Args

match_schemes

Array of schemes. If given, resulting regexp matches to URIs whose scheme is one of the match_schemes.

Description

Returns a Regexp object which matches to URI-like strings. The Regexp object returned by this method includes arbitrary number of capture group (parentheses). Never rely on its number.

Usage

require 'uri'

# extract first URI from html_string
html_string.slice(URI.regexp)

# remove ftp URIs
html_string.sub(URI.regexp(['ftp']), '')

# You should not rely on the number of parentheses
html_string.scan(URI.regexp) do |*matches|
  p $&
end
# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 296
def self.regexp(schemes = nil)
  warn "URI.regexp is obsolete", uplevel: 1 if $VERBOSE
  DEFAULT_PARSER.make_regexp(schemes)
end
register_scheme(scheme, klass) click to toggle source

Register the given klass to be instantiated when parsing URLs with the given scheme. Note that currently only schemes which after .upcase are valid constant names can be registered (no -/+/. allowed).

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 78
def self.register_scheme(scheme, klass)
  Schemes.const_set(scheme.to_s.upcase, klass)
end
scheme_list() click to toggle source

Returns a Hash of the defined schemes.

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 83
def self.scheme_list
  Schemes.constants.map { |name|
    [name.to_s.upcase, Schemes.const_get(name)]
  }.to_h
end
split(uri) click to toggle source

Synopsis

URI::split(uri)

Args

uri

String with URI.

Description

Splits the string on following parts and returns array with result:

  • Scheme

  • Userinfo

  • Host

  • Port

  • Registry

  • Path

  • Opaque

  • Query

  • Fragment

Usage

require 'uri'

URI.split("http://www.ruby-lang.org/")
# => ["http", nil, "www.ruby-lang.org", nil, nil, "/", nil, nil, nil]
# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 157
def self.split(uri)
  RFC3986_PARSER.split(uri)
end

Private Class Methods

_decode_uri_component(regexp, str, enc) click to toggle source
# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 371
def self._decode_uri_component(regexp, str, enc)
  raise ArgumentError, "invalid %-encoding (#{str})" if /%(?!\h\h)/.match?(str)
  str.b.gsub(regexp, TBLDECWWWCOMP_).force_encoding(enc)
end
_encode_uri_component(regexp, table, str, enc) click to toggle source
# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 357
def self._encode_uri_component(regexp, table, str, enc)
  str = str.to_s.dup
  if str.encoding != Encoding::ASCII_8BIT
    if enc && enc != Encoding::ASCII_8BIT
      str.encode!(Encoding::UTF_8, invalid: :replace, undef: :replace)
      str.encode!(enc, fallback: ->(x){"&##{x.ord};"})
    end
    str.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
  end
  str.gsub!(regexp, table)
  str.force_encoding(Encoding::US_ASCII)
end