From: sam.rawlins@... Date: 2014-03-01T21:22:10+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:61198] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9563] URI.parse error Issue #9563 has been updated by Sam Rawlins. You must first encode the String properly with URI.escape: >> require 'uri' => true >> URI.escape("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-��_��.svg") => "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-%D0%90_%D0%B0.svg" >> URI.parse(URI.escape("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-��_��.svg")) => # >> URI.parse(URI.escape("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-��_��.svg")).to_s => "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-%D0%90_%D0%B0.svg" This could be better documented. ---------------------------------------- Bug #9563: URI.parse error https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9563#change-45555 * Author: Evgeniy Serykh * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.1.0p0 (2013-12-25 revision 44422) * Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I have the error for the url : `... pry(main)> URI.parse "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-��_��.svg" URI::InvalidURIError: bad URI(is not URI?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/01-Russian_alphabet-��_��.svg` My ruby version is: `$ ruby -v ruby 2.1.0p0 (2013-12-25 revision 44422) [x86_64-darwin13.0]` -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/