class Hash
Public Instance Methods
to_query(namespace = nil)
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Returns a string representation of the receiver suitable for use as a URL query string:
{name: 'David', nationality: 'Danish'}.to_query # => "name=David&nationality=Danish"
An optional namespace can be passed to enclose key names:
{name: 'David', nationality: 'Danish'}.to_query('user') # => "user%5Bname%5D=David&user%5Bnationality%5D=Danish"
The string pairs “key=value” that conform the query string are sorted lexicographically in ascending order.
This method is also aliased as to_param
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# File lib/mini_apivore/to_param.rb, line 75 def to_query(namespace = nil) collect do |key, value| unless (value.is_a?(Hash) || value.is_a?(Array)) && value.empty? value.to_query(namespace ? "#{namespace}[#{key}]" : key) end end.compact.sort! * "&" end
Also aliased as: to_param