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Asked: 2026-05-26T04:31:03+00:00

Why doesn’t URI.escape escape single quotes? URI.escape(foo’bar\ baz) => foo’bar%22%20baz

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Why doesn’t URI.escape escape single quotes?

URI.escape("foo'bar\" baz")
=> "foo'bar%22%20baz"
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  1. Editorial Team

    For the same reason it doesn’t escape ? or / or :, and so forth. URI.escape() only escapes characters that cannot be used in URLs at all, not characters that have a special meaning.

    What you’re looking for is CGI.escape():

    require "cgi"
CGI.escape("foo'bar\" baz")
=> "foo%27bar%22+baz"
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