unless Object.new.respond_to? :to_query and Object.new.respond_to? :to_param class Object def to_param to_s end def to_query(key) require 'cgi' unless defined?(CGI) && defined?(CGI::escape) "#{CGI.escape(key.to_s)}=#{CGI.escape(to_param.to_s)}" end end class Array def to_param map(&:to_param).join('/') end def to_query(key) prefix = "#{key}[]" collect { |value| value.to_query(prefix) }.join '&' end end class Hash def to_param map do |key, value| value.to_query(key) end.sort * '&' end end end