How to construct URI object with query arguments by passing hash?
I can generate query with:
URI::HTTPS.build(host: 'example.com', query: "a=#{hash[:a]}, b=#{[hash:b]}")
which generates
https://example.com?a=argument1&b=argument2
however I think constructing query string for many arguments would be unreadable and hard to maintain. I would like to construct query string by passing hash. Like in example below:
hash = {
a: 'argument1',
b: 'argument2'
#... dozen more arguments
}
URI::HTTPS.build(host: 'example.com', query: hash)
which raises
NoMethodError: undefined method `to_str' for {:a=>"argument1", :b=>"argument2"}:Hash
Is it possible to construct query string based on hash using URI api? I don't want to monkey patch hash object...
For those not using Rails or Active Support, the solution using the Ruby standard library is
hash = {
a: 'argument1',
b: 'argument2'
}
URI::HTTPS.build(host: 'example.com', query: URI.encode_www_form(hash))
=> #<URI::HTTPS https://example.com?a=argument1&b=argument2>