Added OC.buidQueryString() utility function

Makes it possible to create query strings by passing a JavaScript hash
map and automatically encodes the keys and values.

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js b/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js
index 827669f270b..28c20a0642e 100644
--- a/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js
+++ b/core/js/tests/specs/coreSpec.js
@@ -67,4 +67,41 @@ describe('Core base tests', function() {
 			});
 		});
 	});
+	describe('Query string building', function() {
+		it('Returns empty string when empty params', function() {
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString()).toEqual('');
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({})).toEqual('');
+		});
+		it('Encodes regular query strings', function() {
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({
+				a: 'abc',
+				b: 'def'
+			})).toEqual('a=abc&b=def');
+		});
+		it('Encodes special characters', function() {
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({
+				unicode: '汉字',
+			})).toEqual('unicode=%E6%B1%89%E5%AD%97');
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({
+			   	b: 'spaace value',
+			   	'space key': 'normalvalue',
+			   	'slash/this': 'amp&ersand'
+			})).toEqual('b=spaace%20value&space%20key=normalvalue&slash%2Fthis=amp%26ersand');
+		});
+		it('Encodes data types and empty values', function() {
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({
+				'keywithemptystring': '',
+			   	'keywithnull': null,
+			   	'keywithundefined': null,
+				something: 'else'
+			})).toEqual('keywithemptystring=&keywithnull&keywithundefined&something=else');
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({
+			   	'booleanfalse': false,
+				'booleantrue': true
+			})).toEqual('booleanfalse=false&booleantrue=true');
+			expect(OC.buildQueryString({
+			   	'number': 123,
+			})).toEqual('number=123');
+		});
+	});
 });