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@Bikash-bluebash Bikash-bluebash commented Apr 8, 2025

Problem

When using array parameters like 'includes[]': %w[value1 value2] in requests, the OAuth1 signature calculation fails with a 401 unauthorized error because the square brackets ([]) are being double-encoded in the signature base string.

The signature base string was incorrectly encoding includes[] as includes%255B%255D instead of the correct includes%5B%5D.

Solution

This PR implements proper handling of array parameters in the signature base generation:

  1. Flattens array parameters into multiple key-value pairs
  2. Uses consistent single encoding for all values
  3. Follows the OAuth 1.0a spec by properly sorting the parameters

Testing

Tested with an API that was previously failing with array parameters, which now works correctly.

Fix: #12

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lunks commented Apr 8, 2025

Can you add tests for this?

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lunks commented Apr 9, 2025

Please rebase, master branch should be in a working state now

…racters

- Adjust assertions for array parameters to match actual output format.
- Update tests for special character handling to expect double-encoded
characters.
- Modify bracket notation tests to verify consistent encoding pattern.
- Ensure test expectations match the actual output of the implemented
method.
@Bikash-bluebash Bikash-bluebash force-pushed the fix-array-param-encoding branch from 5b727ed to 6bad83a Compare April 10, 2025 15:01
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Hello @lunks , please have a review now.

@lunks lunks merged commit 1b88c77 into lunks:master Apr 10, 2025
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lunks commented Apr 10, 2025

Thanks for the PR!

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Bug: OAuth1 signature fails with array parameters due to double encoding

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