Illegal backslash escape sequence in string
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Description
https://noembed.com/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Do6bYGQ3wvd4 causes error: "illegal backslash escape sequence in string, "
The URL is valid and works.
I don't know if it's any help, but the title seems to have an iPhone emoji character.
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure with the noembed URL in the issue and trace the request handling until the illegal backslash escape sequence error occurs. Identify why this valid URL is rejected, then verify that the same URL is processed successfully without the error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100