How to convert strings to URLs in Ruby?

Question

In my Rails application I need to convert Strings like

Friedrichtraße 123, Berlin, Germany

into URLs like

Friedrichstra%C3%9Fe+123,+Berlin,+Germany

How can this be done in Ruby?

Thanks for any help.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6714196/ruby-url-encoding-string — Jason Kim, Dec 17 '13 at 18:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 17 '13 at 18:35

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require 'uri'

URI::encode("Friedrichtraße 123, Berlin, Germany")
#=> "Friedrichtra%C3%9Fe%20123,%20Berlin,%20Germany"

edited Dec 17 '13 at 18:35

Patrick Oscity

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answered Dec 17 '13 at 18:32

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Excellent, thanks a lot. – Tintin81 Dec 17 '13 at 19:16

Arup Rakshit · Answer 2 · 2013-12-17T18:43:40.187

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require 'cgi'

CGI.escape('Friedrichtraße 123, Berlin, Germany')
# => "Friedrichtra%C3%9Fe+123%2C+Berlin%2C+Germany"

edited Dec 17 '13 at 18:43

answered Dec 17 '13 at 18:32

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Phlip · Answer 3 · 2013-12-17T22:22:56.563

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To the two sub-Rails answers I will add: Invoke rake routes, read in the first column the helper prefix of the URL you want - let's call it home - then pack your variables as hash options into home_path:

home_path(:address => 'Friedrichtraße 123, Berlin, Germany')

edited Dec 17 '13 at 22:22

answered Dec 17 '13 at 18:42

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How to convert strings to URLs in Ruby?

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