Global "duplicates" parameter

[paftek]

Hi and thanks for this great lib!

Working with an URI instance, I cannot find a way to prevent it to remove duplicates (as URI.buildQuery() offers).

Is it possible to have a global flag like : URI.allowDuplicates = true
And / or something on an instance like : uri.allowDuplicates(true)

Thanks!

[rodneyrehm]

how exactly are you using URI.js? (what are you doing and what are you expecting exactly)

[paftek]

My points:

Goal

I want to replace all my utility methods about URI modifications by a lib doing it the proper way. I mostly modify query strings and compare URI.

Question about duplicates

Event if I cannot find a case yet where I need to send duplicates, my utility methods do not prevent me to do that. I do not want a regression on that specific point by switching to the URI lib.
Is the duplicates removal a part of any specification?

Consistency

If URI.buildQuery() offers me a way to choose if whether or not I want duplicates, why uri.addQuery() cannot?

[rodneyrehm]

Is the duplicates removal a part of any specification?

hell no. All that is defined is the syntax - but nobody every said anything about semantics. This lead to a lot of different implementations regarding the handling of query strings. ?foo=1&foo=2 is treated as foo = 2 in one environment and as foo = [1, 2] in another.

v1.8.0 is on the doorstep (waiting a couple of days for some possible fix in QUnit). I've already introduced URI.duplicateQueryParameters = true; for global configuration and URI("…").duplicateQueryParameter(true) for instance configuration. Consider your problem solved, just not released yet.

(I'll close the ticket once v1.8.0 is out)

[paftek]

Great, many thanks!

[rodneyrehm]

Issue resolved with v1.8.0