Merge pull request #1092 from halfdan/uc-helper

Added new helper to escape URIs called 'encode'

core/server/helpers/index.js

@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ coreHelpers = function (ghost) {
         return date;
     });
 
+    //
+    // ### URI Encoding helper
+    // 
+    // *Usage example:*
+    // `{{encode uri}}`
+    //
+    // Returns URI encoded string
+    //
+    ghost.registerThemeHelper('encode', function (context, str) {
+        var uri = context || str;
+        return new hbs.handlebars.SafeString(encodeURIComponent(uri));
+    });
+
     // ### Page URL Helper
     //
     // *Usage example:*

core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js

@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@ describe('Core Helpers', function () {
 
     });
 
+    describe('encode Helper', function () {
+
+        it('has loaded encode helper', function() {
+            should.exist(handlebars.helpers.encode);
+        });
+
+        it('can escape URI', function() {
+            var uri = "$pecial!Charact3r(De[iver]y)Foo #Bar",
+                expected = "%24pecial!Charact3r(De%5Biver%5Dy)Foo%20%23Bar",
+                escaped = handlebars.helpers.encode(uri);
+
+            should.exist(escaped);
+            String(escaped).should.equal(expected);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('Excerpt Helper', function () {
 
         it('has loaded excerpt helper', function () {
@@ -367,4 +383,4 @@ describe('Core Helpers', function () {
             }).then(null, done);
         });
     });
-});
+});