From 79d417a90dcfc425733a05901c9ce325bd21a2de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charlie Gordon <github@chqrlie.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:34:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify and clarify URL quoting js_std_urlGet

---
 quickjs-libc.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickjs-libc.c b/quickjs-libc.c
index 3a12124..0e618c0 100644
--- a/quickjs-libc.c
+++ b/quickjs-libc.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static JSValue js_std_urlGet(JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val,
     DynBuf header_buf_s, *header_buf = &header_buf_s;
     char *buf;
     size_t i, len;
-    int c, status;
+    int status;
     JSValue response = JS_UNDEFINED, ret_obj;
     JSValue options_obj;
     FILE *f;
@@ -1365,17 +1365,20 @@ static JSValue js_std_urlGet(JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val,
 
     js_std_dbuf_init(ctx, &cmd_buf);
     dbuf_printf(&cmd_buf, "%s '", URL_GET_PROGRAM);
-    len = strlen(url);
-    for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-        switch (c = url[i]) {
+    for(i = 0; url[i] != '\0'; i++) {
+        unsigned char c = url[i];
+        switch (c) {
         case '\'':
+            /* shell single quoted string does not support \' */
             dbuf_putstr(&cmd_buf, "'\\''");
             break;
         case '[': case ']': case '{': case '}': case '\\':
+            /* prevent interpretation by curl as range or set specification */
             dbuf_putc(&cmd_buf, '\\');
             /* FALLTHROUGH */
         default:
             dbuf_putc(&cmd_buf, c);
+            break;
         }
     }
     JS_FreeCString(ctx, url);