require 'uri' class String #:nodoc: def snake_case return self.downcase if self =~ /^[A-Z]+$/ self.gsub(/([A-Z]+)(?=[A-Z][a-z]?)|\B[A-Z]/, '_\&') =~ /_*(.*)/ return $+.downcase end unless method_defined?(:snake_case) end # class String class Hash #:nodoc: # @return This hash as a query string # # @example # { :name => "Bob", # :address => { # :street => '111 Ruby Ave.', # :city => 'Ruby Central', # :phones => ['111-111-1111', '222-222-2222'] # } # }.to_params # #=> "name=Bob&address[city]=Ruby Central&address[phones][]=111-111-1111&address[phones][]=222-222-2222&address[street]=111 Ruby Ave." def to_params params = self.map { |k,v| normalize_param(k,v) }.join params.chop! # trailing & params end # @param key The key for the param. # @param value The value for the param. # # @return This key value pair as a param # # @example normalize_param(:name, "Bob Jones") #=> "name=Bob%20Jones&" def normalize_param(key, value) param = '' stack = [] if value.is_a?(Array) param << value.map { |element| normalize_param("#{key}[]", element) }.join elsif value.is_a?(Hash) stack << [key,value] else param << "#{key}=#{URI.encode(value.to_s, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]"))}&" end stack.each do |parent, hash| hash.each do |k, v| if v.is_a?(Hash) stack << ["#{parent}[#{k}]", v] else param << normalize_param("#{parent}[#{k}]", v) end end end param end end