That is pretty easy with a plain hash like
{:a => "a", :b => "b"}
which would translate into
"a=a&b=b"
But what do you do with something more complex like
{:a => "a", :b => ["c", "d", "e"]}
which should translate into
"a=a&b[0]=c&b[1]=d&b[2]=e"
Or even worse, (what to do) with something like:
{:a => "a", :b => [{:c => "c", :d => "d"}, {:e => "e", :f => "f"}]
Thanks for the much appreciated help with that!
Update: This functionality was removed from the gem.
Julien, your self-answer is a good one, and I've shameless borrowed from it, but it doesn't properly escape reserved characters, and there are a few other edge cases where it breaks down.
require "addressable/uri"
uri = Addressable::URI.new
uri.query_values = {:a => "a", :b => ["c", "d", "e"]}
uri.query
# => "a=a&b[0]=c&b[1]=d&b[2]=e"
uri.query_values = {:a => "a", :b => [{:c => "c", :d => "d"}, {:e => "e", :f => "f"}]}
uri.query
# => "a=a&b[0][c]=c&b[0][d]=d&b[1][e]=e&b[1][f]=f"
uri.query_values = {:a => "a", :b => {:c => "c", :d => "d"}}
uri.query
# => "a=a&b[c]=c&b[d]=d"
uri.query_values = {:a => "a", :b => {:c => "c", :d => true}}
uri.query
# => "a=a&b[c]=c&b[d]"
uri.query_values = {:a => "a", :b => {:c => "c", :d => true}, :e => []}
uri.query
# => "a=a&b[c]=c&b[d]"
The gem is 'addressable'
gem install addressable