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I'm trying to use a site called zendesk.com and you authenticate to the 
site
using an email address and a password, so that the self.site definition 
in
the model looks like this:

self.site = "http://the@email.com:thepassword@myplace.zendesk.com"

The problem with this is, because we have the @ sign in our username, 
Ruby
thinks this to be an invalid URL so throws a big hissy fit:
URI::InvalidURIError: bad URI(is not URI?):
       from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:436:in `split'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:485:in `parse'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.0.2/lib/active_resource/base.rb:477:in
`create_site_uri_from'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activeresource-2.0.2/lib/active_resource/base.rb:167:in
`site='
        from /home/ryan/projects/site/app/models/user.rb:2
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in
`load_without_new_constant_marking'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in
`load_file'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in
`new_constants_in'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:202:in
`load_file'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:94:in
`require_or_load'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:248:in
`load_missing_constant'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:453:in
`const_missing'
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:465:in
`const_missing'
        from (irb):1

The command line curl has no such complaint however.

Suggestions?

On 12 May 2008, at 08:34, Ryan Bigg (Radar) wrote:

> I'm trying to use a site called zendesk.com and you authenticate to  
> the site using an email address and a password, so that the  
> self.site definition in the model looks like this:
>
> self.site = "http://the@email.com:thepassword@myplace.zendesk.com"
>
> The problem with this is, because we have the @ sign in our  
> username, Ruby thinks this to be an invalid URL so throws a big  
> hissy fit:
URL Encode the @ (%40) ?

Fred

Just as

self.site = "http://user%40site.com:password@myplace.zendesk.com"

?

That returns a 401. I think it may be passing in the %40 as part of the
username.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Frederick Cheung <
frederick.cheung@gmail.com> wrote:

> > The problem with this is, because we have the @ sign in our
> > active_resource/base.rb:477:in `create_site_uri_from'
> >         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/
> >
> > The command line curl has no such complaint however.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>


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Even I am facing the same issue :(
Any help?

Thanks in advance.

On 12 May 2008, at 09:01, Ryan Bigg (Radar) wrote:

> Just as
>
> self.site = "http://user%40site.com:password@myplace.zendesk.com"
>
Worth a go :-) Definitely works with some clients/libraries (and I
believe it what the rfcs say you should do)

That didn't work. I already tried it before making my post.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Frederick Cheung <
frederick.cheung@gmail.com> wrote:

> > ?
> >
> >
> > >         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/
> > >         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/
> > >
> > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.
> > >
>
>
> >
>


--
Ryan Bigg
http://www.frozenplague.net
Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.

On 12 May 2008, at 11:20, Ryan Bigg (Radar) wrote:

> That didn't work. I already tried it before making my post.
>
It appears that you can set site to either a string or an instance of
URI. If rails'/ruby's parsing of a url string is tripping up in this
case maybe the latter option is worth exploring?

Fred

As in URI.parse? That fails too, with an identical error.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Frederick Cheung <
frederick.cheung@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fred
> > >
> > >
> > > > The problem with this is, because we have the @ sign in our
> > > > active_resource/base.rb:477:in `create_site_uri_from'
> > > >         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Ryan Bigg
> > http://www.frozenplague.net
> > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.
> > >
>
>
> >
>


--
Ryan Bigg
http://www.frozenplague.net
Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.

On 12 May 2008, at 13:21, Ryan Bigg (Radar) wrote:

> As in URI.parse? That fails too, with an identical error.
>
No, I was thinking along the lings of
some_uri = URI.parse('http://myplace.zendesk.com')
some_uri.user = 'xxx'
some_uri.password = 'zzz'
self.site = some_uri

Fred

irb(main):005:0> uri.user = 'my@email.com'
URI::InvalidComponentError: bad component(expected userinfo component or
user component): daniel@email.com
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/generic.rb:269:in `check_user'
        from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/generic.rb:311:in `user='
        from (irb):5



On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Frederick Cheung <
frederick.cheung@gmail.com> wrote:

> self.site = some_uri
> > > That didn't work. I already tried it before making my post.
> > >
> > > > That returns a 401. I think it may be passing in the %40 as part
> > > > > I'm trying to use a site called zendesk.com and you authenticate
> > > > URL Encode the @ (%40) ?
> > lib/
> > lib/
> > > > >         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/
> > > > >
> > > > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.
> > > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.
> > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.
> > >
>
>
> >
>


--
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http://www.frozenplague.net
Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.

On 12 May 2008, at 22:52, Ryan Bigg (Radar) wrote:

> irb(main):005:0> uri.user = 'my@email.com'
> URI::InvalidComponentError: bad component(expected userinfo  
> component or user component): daniel@email.com
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/generic.rb:269:in `check_user'
>         from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/generic.rb:311:in `user='
>         from (irb):5
>
>
Beginning to look like you're walking down an unfrequently used
path :-). If URI is expecting @ to be encoded as %40, then I suppose
its rails' responsability to convert the %40 into a @ when
constructing the authorization header.

Override authorization_header so that the correct header is produced ?
This might even work:

class X < ActiveResource::Base
   self.site = "http://myplace.zendesk.com"
   def (self.site).user
     'foo@bar.com'
   end
   def (self.site).password
     'xxx'
   end
end

X.site.user => "foo@bar.com"

Pretty skanky though. I think the right thing is probably for
authorization_header (in connection.rb) to unescape the username &
password.

Fred

Definitely skanky, but it works! Shame you have to do such a hack to get 
it
working.

You are bloody brilliant Fred. I would've never thought of doing that.

On 13 May 2008, at 00:43, Ryan Bigg (Radar) wrote:

> Definitely skanky, but it works! Shame you have to do such a hack to  
> get it working.

When I get a moment I might ask over at rails core for less dirty
solutions :-)

Fred

Yeah definitely. I've got a model inheriting from ActiveResource::Base
called ZenDesk, and all the models I need the ugly code in just inherit 
from
that one model.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Frederick Cheung <
frederick.cheung@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fred
>
>
> > You are bloody brilliant Fred. I would've never thought of doing that.
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>


--
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http://www.frozenplague.net
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