# How to get unescaped value of request.url AS-IS?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-unescaped-value-of-request-url-as-is/184420>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 2, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-unescaped-value-of-request-url-as-is/184420 "2010-03-02T11:03:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-unescaped-value-of-request-url-as-is/184420/1 "2010-03-02T11:03:35Z")

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hi guys,

Calling request.url returns “[http://gozila-underground.com/search](http://gozila-underground.com/search)?  
search%5Bby\_keyword%5D=&commit=Search” which is an escaped version of  
“[http://gozila-underground.com:3000/search](http://gozila-underground.com:3000/search)?  
search[by\_keyword]=&commit=Search”.

In ruby on rails, how to get the unescaped value of request.url (AS  
IS)?

thank you