intertwingly

sudo apt-get install libidn11-dev
sudo gem install idn addressable

require 'addressable/uri'

# URI Templates
uri = Addressable::URI.expand_template("http://example.com/?q={query}", {
 "query" => "an example query"
})
puts uri
http://example.com/?q=an%20example%20query

# heuristic_parse / normalize
uri = Addressable::URI.heuristic_parse('http:///example.com/"')
puts uri.normalize
http://example.com/%22

# extract_mapping
uri = Addressable::URI.parse('http://intertwingly.net/blog/2007/12/21/foo')
p uri.extract_mapping('http://{host}/blog/{date}/{slug}')
{"slug"=>"foo", "date"=>"2007/12/21", "host"=>"intertwingly.net"}

# IRI
uri = Addressable::URI.parse("http://www.詹姆斯.com/")
puts uri.normalize
http://www.xn--8ws00zhy3a.com/

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So, I don’t recognize the cool SVG icon?  Doesn’t seem to parse into easily recognizable characters either.

Posted by Bob Aman at 18:34

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I actually don’t know the history of that icon.  From what I gather, it dates back to the *IETF* HTML Working Group, and still appears on the w3 protocols page.

Posted by Sam Ruby at 18:55

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Sam Ruby: Addressable

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Excerpt from del.icio.us/tag/semweb at 19:44

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The icon looks vaguely like “ID” for Internet Draft. But that doesn’t include the four boxes…

Offtopic: I can’t put my accented name (Hoàng Đức Hiếu) in the Name box, I got this page:

406 Not Acceptable

This request was blocked by mod_security.

Access denied with code 406. Error parsing cookies: Error normalising cookie value: Invalid URL encoding detected: invalid characters used [severity “EMERGENCY”]

If you are the owner of this domain, and believe this request should not have been blocked, please contact cornerhost support.

Live use case for Addressable::URI.normalize :)

Posted by Hieu Duc Hoang at 08:36

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done.  I’ll report back when I hear something.

Posted by Sam Ruby at 13:24

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“Internet Draft” makes sense; the colors are those of the W3C logo at the time.

Wasn’t there another HTTP icon on those pages in those days?

Posted by Arien at 22:43

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URI Templates in Ruby

Addressable is a replacement for the URI implementation that is part of Ruby’s standard library. It more closely conforms to the relevant RFCs and adds support for IRIs and URI templates. [via Sam Ruby]......

Excerpt from Stefan Tilkov's Random Stuff at 17:45

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Rounded Corners - 179 (Stick figures)

Addressable. Bog Aman’s better URI library for Ruby (via Sam Ruby) Er.js. Erlang-style concurrency with JavaScript. (Mini-rant: I wish people would stop calling it Erlang-style, just give Erlang credit for popularizing and it’s...

Excerpt from Labnotes at 00:45

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links for 2007-12-31

The Wisdom of Ganesh: Paying the RESTafarians Back in Their Own Coin One of the best anti-REST rant I’ve come across. Check out Steve Vinoski’s blog for a response (in short, it’s the constraints, stupid). (tags: blog post article critique REST...

Excerpt from Rafael rambling at 01:45