QuantumBadger / QuantumBadger/RedReader
Consider better URL handling with backslashes
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Description
New Reddit web and mobile adds backslashes e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%5C_(data%5C_structure) which breaks those links in Redreader. Perhaps one could reliably detect and clean these up as backslashes are likely illegal/unusual characters for URLs anyway
more information as being user reports https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/ohm4py/whats_up_with_people_putting_backslashes_in_urls/
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the URL parsing or link-handling entry point in the Android app and reproduce the example URL from the report. The work is done when Reddit URLs containing encoded backslashes are reliably cleaned or handled so the resulting links open correctly, with coverage for the reported example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100