# Request\_uri escaping "//" to "/"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-uri-escaping-to/202175>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [January 24, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-uri-escaping-to/202175 "2011-01-24T05:57:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-uri-escaping-to/202175/1 "2011-01-24T05:57:17Z")

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Hi,

I’ve setup nginx to host a local site [xxx.com](http://xxx.com)

When I click on the link ‘[XXX Sex - Free Porn Videos at XXX.com](http://xxx.com/api/https://bam.com/)’, inside  
sinatra the env path\_info becomes /api/https:/bam.com/ instead of  
/api/[https://bam.com/](https://bam.com/).

Has anyone seen things like this happening before? Is Nginx doing some  
escaping here?

Cheers,  
Khoan.