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Magnet URI isn't recognized when it is url_encoded #750

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I have user reporting this bug: 
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/3115

Is seems that exo-open (XFCE DE) passes the magnets as 
"magnet:%3Fxt=urn:btih:CDD3C9..." instead of "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:CDD3C9...".

I don't know if the standard permits for the "?xt" to also be encoded.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hammered...@gmail.com on 30 May 2015 at 4:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
my experience with multiple layers of URL encodings is that really the only way 
to go is to be strict and well defined, and not try to guess whether one or 
more decodings are necessary (because there will always be cases where the 
guess is wrong and there's no work-around).

It's a bit unfortunate that web seed URLs in .torrent files kind of require 
some heuristic to maybe decode them. I would prefer the exo-open users would 
file a bug against it, or against whatever source it's getting encoded urls 
from.

For example, if you type into your browser: "http%3a%2f%2fwww.apple.com", it 
won't load apple's website.

Original comment by arvid.no...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2015 at 11:50