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ruby_2-7_URI_unescape.md

URI.unescape is obsolete

https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.7.1/libdoc/uri/rdoc/URI/Escape.html#method-i-unescape-label-Description

This method is obsolete and should not be used. Instead, use CGI.unescape, URI.decode_www_form or URI.decode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case.

URI.unescape

fake_escaped_url = "/%40%23%24%25%5e%26/dir/%c4%8d%c3%bd%c4%9b%c5%a1%c4%8d%c3%bd%c3%a1/file"
URI.unescape(fake_escaped_url)
# => "/@\#$%^&/dir/čýěščýá/file"

URI.decode_www_form

fake_escaped_url = "/%40%23%24%25%5e%26/dir/%c4%8d%c3%bd%c4%9b%c5%a1%c4%8d%c3%bd%c3%a1/file"
URI.decode_www_form(fake_escaped_url)
# => [["/@\#$%^&/dir/čýěščýá/file", ""]]

URI.decode_www_form_component

fake_escaped_url = "/%40%23%24%25%5e%26/dir/%c4%8d%c3%bd%c4%9b%c5%a1%c4%8d%c3%bd%c3%a1/file"
URI.decode_www_form_component(fake_escaped_url)
# => "/@\#$%^&/dir/čýěščýá/file"
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