InvalidURIError with hash character in PG database password.

[dtuite]

Bit of a weird problem here. Basically I'm trying to setup a taps server so I can pull the contents of a PG database over HTTP.

The password for the database is constructed like this (notice the # character): 123456#abc.

Whenever I try to start the server with

taps server postgres://localdbuser:localdbpass@localhost/dbname httpuser httppassword

I get a URI::InvalidURIError

URI::InvalidURIError -> the scheme postgres does not accept registry part: localdbuser:123456 (or bad hostname?)

The fact that the error only quotes the password up as far as the # character makes me think that this char is triggering the error. Is there some way I can escape it so it doesn't choke?

[esromneb]

I am also having this issue. For me I have a password with an @ in it. What is the proper way to escape such passwords?

[rodfersou]

This S.O. do the trick http://stackoverflow.com/a/22978703/2116850

Use %40 instead of @ and %23 for #

[rodfersou]

can someone close this issue?