Query Parser

By default, VCR will parse query strings using CGI.parse from the Ruby standard library. This may not be the most optimal or performant library available. You can set the query_parser configuration option to use a different parser (such as Rack::Utils.method(:parse_query)) to decode, normalize, and/or provide a comparison object for query strings.

The configured query parser needs to expose a .call method that returns an object which is comparable. This instance needs to implement the following API:

• #== => boolean

Background ()

Given a file named "cassettes/example.yml" with:

---
http_interactions:
- request:
    method: get
    uri: http://url.example.com/?bravo=2&alpha=1
    body:
      encoding: UTF-8
      string: ""
    headers: {}
  response:
    status:
      code: 200
      message: OK
    headers:
      Content-Length:
      - "5"
    body:
      encoding: UTF-8
      string: Hello
    http_version: "1.1"
  recorded_at: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:58:44 GMT
recorded_with: VCR 2.2.5

the VCR query parser gets its value from query_parser

Given a file named "query_parser.rb" with:

require 'vcr'
require 'rack'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.query_parser = lambda { |query| raise query.inspect }
  c.default_cassette_options = {:match_requests_on => [:query]}
  c.hook_into :webmock
  c.cassette_library_dir = 'cassettes'
end

uri = URI.parse('http://other-url.example.com/?bravo=2&alpha=1')
VCR.use_cassette('example') do
  puts Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body
end

When I run ruby query_parser.rb

Then it should fail with an error like:

"alpha=1&bravo=2"

the query_parser defaults to the standard library's CGI.parse

Given a file named "query_parser_default.rb" with:

require 'vcr'

VCR.configure do |c|
  c.hook_into :webmock
  c.default_cassette_options = {:match_requests_on => [:query]}
  c.cassette_library_dir = 'cassettes'
end

uri = URI.parse('http://other-url.example.com/?bravo=2&alpha=1')
VCR.use_cassette('example') do
  puts Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body
end

When I run ruby query_parser_default.rb

Then it should pass with "Hello".