gistfile1.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe "ripple encoding" do

  it 'should fix a bad encoding' do
    robj = PersonalProfile.bucket.new

    robj.raw_data = "BAD ASCII-8BIT STUFF".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT")
    robj.store

    expect{ robj.data }.to raise_error(Yajl::ParseError)

    robj.reload(force: true)

    cleaned_data = robj.raw_data.bytes.to_a.pack("U*").force_encoding("UTF-8")

    expect(cleaned_data.encoding.name).to eq("UTF-8")
    expect(cleaned_data.valid_encoding?).to be_true

    robj.raw_data = cleaned_data
    robj.store

    robj.reload(force: true)

    # Now robj.data still raises error, and the encoding is US-ASCII instead of UTF-8

    expect(robj.raw_data.encoding.name).to eq("UTF-8")
    expect{ robj.data }.to_not raise_error(Yajl::ParseError)
  end
end