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How to compress URL parameters (and any other string) in Ruby

Introduction

Working with web applications and microservices we often have the problem of passing long lists of settings through HTTP requests. While the canonical way of doing this would be to use a POST request and pass the values in the body of the request, this is not always an option for us. (Comment: How come? Maybe the reason we can't do it is interesting/helpful)

In fact there can be cases where we need to generate URLs that can be passed to other users as a link, and reused by them to later trigger an action in the target Rails server.

The only way to achieve this is for us to be able to pass these values as URL parameters in a GET request, but unfortunately these URLs exceed often the maximum length limit allowed by the browsers or web servers. (Comment: Maybe include the byte limit here)

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# make sure you have gem 'rubocop-git' in your Gemfile

require 'readline'

def input(prompt="", newline=false)
  prompt += "\n" if newline
  Readline.readline(prompt, true).squeeze(" ").strip
end

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Copy this to your project's `.git/pre-commit` file.

if `git diff --cached spec` =~ /,\s?(:focus|focus:\s?true|:focus\s?=>\s?true)/
  puts "\e[31mPlease focus and remove your :focus tags before committing :)"
  exit 1
end

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ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ubuntu/upscaler.py", line 425, in reportCloudWatchMetrics dimensions = metric['dimensions']) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/ec2/cloudwatch/__init__.py", line 334, in put_metric_data return self.get_status('PutMetricData', params, verb="POST") File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/connection.py", line 1213, in get_status response = self.make_request(action, params, path, verb) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/connection.py", line 1116, in make_request return self._mexe(http_request) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/connection.py", line 1028, in _mexe raise BotoServerError(response.status, response.reason, body) BotoServerError: BotoServerError: 500 Internal Server Error <ErrorResponse xmlns="http://monitoring.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-08-01/"> <Error> <Type>Receiver</Type> <Code>InternalFailure</Code> </Error> <RequestId>f9f369c7-5f8b-11e5-aa80-67222b579acd</RequestId> </ErrorResponse>

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function initializeRaven() {
  /*
   * SENTRY_DSN is provided as an environment variable on Heroku, and is
   * inaccessible on the client. We added this method to make it accessible.
   */ 
  Meteor.call('getSentryDSN', function(error, sentryDSN) {
    if (error) throw error;
    RavenLogger.initialize({
      client: sentryDSN
    });

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def welcome
    @show_splash = false
    if @current_user
      redirect_to home_path(@current_brand)
    else
      @ct_deal = nil
      @biz_deal = nil
      @kidz_deal = nil
      Deal.live_by_brand("gaggleup", @current_region).each do |chkdeal|
        if check_for_exclusive_deal_access(chkdeal, @current_user)

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  # @current_region
  def show
    if @current_brand == Brand.gaggleup
      @deals = Deal.select('distinct deals.*').active.approved.in_region_incl_parents(@current_region).started.order("starts_at desc").limit(15)
      @header_title = t('_gup', :default => 'GaggleUp')

      @deals = @deals.delete_if do |deal|
        true unless check_for_exclusive_deal_access(deal, current_user)
      end

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ANSI = {}
ANSI[:RESET] = "\e[0m"
ANSI[:BOLD] = "\e[1m"
ANSI[:UNDERLINE] = "\e[4m"
ANSI[:LGRAY] = "\e[0;37m"
ANSI[:GRAY] = "\e[1;30m"
ANSI[:RED] = "\e[31m"
ANSI[:GREEN] = "\e[32m"
ANSI[:YELLOW] = "\e[33m"
ANSI[:BLUE] = "\e[34m"

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var CAS = require('cas')
	, express = require('express');

var cas = new CAS({
	base_url: 'https://test.littlevikinggames.com',
	service: 'http://test.littlevikinggames.com:4000'
});

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Standing at the edge of the Cliffs of Refactoring, he surveyed the landscape. He saw the English settlers overwhelming the French colonists in the Valley of Config; He saw the magnificent View Mountains, though some of the peaks looked almost identical; He saw the neat little town of Model, nestled by the river Rails, with smoke drifting out of the chimneys. From his vantage point, he could see deep in the Chasm of Controllers, where his eyes saw a figure emerging from a dark cave. It was the UsersController! Once a renowned and beautiful entity, it now resembles a shambling, mutating monster. It came writhing out of the cave, dragging by a leash the AccountsController, savagely beating it with a wielded club. He averted his gaze, sunk his head into his hands, and said "The horror, the horror."