Method: Protocol::HTTP::URL.encode

Defined in:
lib/protocol/http/url.rb

.encode(value, prefix = nil) ⇒ Object

Encodes a hash or array into a query string.



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# File 'lib/protocol/http/url.rb', line 36

def self.encode(value, prefix = nil)
	case value
	when Array
		return value.map {|v|
			self.encode(v, "#{prefix}[]")
		}.join("&")
	when Hash
		return value.map {|k, v|
			self.encode(v, prefix ? "#{prefix}[#{escape(k.to_s)}]" : escape(k.to_s))
		}.reject(&:empty?).join('&')
	when nil
		return prefix
	else
		raise ArgumentError, "value must be a Hash" if prefix.nil?
		
		return "#{prefix}=#{escape(value.to_s)}"
	end
end