Method: OEHClient::Helper::Request.format_url

Defined in:
lib/oehclient/helper.rb

.format_url(url, params) ⇒ Object

request_url builds the target request URL with the passed parameters, URL encoding the parameters

as necessary to create a valid request



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# File 'lib/oehclient/helper.rb', line 21

def self.format_url(url, params)

	# for each of the parameters, build a single query parameter string
	parameter_part = ""
	params.each do |key, value|
		# if there is more than one argument, add the apppropriate separator (&) between 
		#  query parameters
		parameter_part << "&" if (parameter_part.length > 0)
		# URL Encode the value of the property
		parameter_part << "#{key.to_s}=#{ERB::Util.url_encode(value)}"

	end
	# return the fully-qualified URL with parameters (if passsed)
	(parameter_part.length > 0 ? "#{url}?#{parameter_part}" : "#{url}")

end