From b0379d4cd44fcc2fff46bc32ca80508ad0ed1d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:16:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Encode rpc=<url> param (#3751)

---
 packages/apps/src/Endpoints/index.tsx | 2 +-
 packages/apps/src/initSettings.ts     | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/apps/src/Endpoints/index.tsx b/packages/apps/src/Endpoints/index.tsx
index 5918799ebf..53aa23cbfa 100644
--- a/packages/apps/src/Endpoints/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/apps/src/Endpoints/index.tsx
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function Endpoints ({ className = '', offset, onClose }: Props): React.ReactElem
     (): void => {
       uiSettings.set({ ...(uiSettings.get()), apiUrl });
 
-      window.location.assign(`${window.location.origin}${window.location.pathname}?rpc=${apiUrl}${window.location.hash}`);
+      window.location.assign(`${window.location.origin}${window.location.pathname}?rpc=${encodeURIComponent(apiUrl)}${window.location.hash}`);
       // window.location.reload();
 
       onClose();
diff --git a/packages/apps/src/initSettings.ts b/packages/apps/src/initSettings.ts
index 04c300e297..649eb71e03 100644
--- a/packages/apps/src/initSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/apps/src/initSettings.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ function getApiUrl (): string {
   if (urlOptions.rpc) {
     assert(!Array.isArray(urlOptions.rpc), 'Invalid WS endpoint specified');
 
-    const url = urlOptions.rpc.split('#')[0]; // https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:9944#/explorer;
+    // https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:9944#/explorer;
+    const url = decodeURIComponent(urlOptions.rpc.split('#')[0]);
 
     assert(url.startsWith('ws://') || url.startsWith('wss://'), 'Non-prefixed ws/wss url');