Correctly escape URLs for Direct Paths

resources/lib/plex_api/media.py

@@ -332,13 +332,7 @@ class Media(object):
             if path.startswith('\\\\'):
                 path = 'smb:' + path.replace('\\', '/')
         if app.SYNC.escape_path:
-            try:
+            path = utils.escape_path(path)
-                protocol, hostname, args = path.split(':', 2)
-            except ValueError:
-                pass
-            else:
-                args = utils.quote(args)
-                path = '%s:%s:%s' % (protocol, hostname, args)
         if (app.SYNC.path_verified and not force_check) or omit_check:
             return path
 

resources/lib/service_entry.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Service(object):
         LOG.info("%s Version: %s", v.ADDON_NAME, v.ADDON_VERSION)
         LOG.info("PKC Direct Paths: %s",
                  utils.settings('useDirectPaths') == '1')
+        LOG.info("Escape paths: %s", utils.settings('escapePath') == 'true')
         LOG.info("Synching Plex artwork to Kodi: %s",
                  utils.settings('usePlexArtwork') == 'true')
         LOG.info("Number of sync threads: %s",

resources/lib/utils.py

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ REGEX_MUSICPATH = re.compile(r'''^\^(.+)\$$''')
 # Grab Plex id from an URL-encoded string
 REGEX_PLEX_ID_FROM_URL = re.compile(r'''metadata%2F(\d+)''')
 
+SAFE_URL_CHARACTERS = "%/:=&?~#+!$,;'@()*[]".encode('utf-8')
+
 
 def garbageCollect():
     gc.collect(2)
@@ -373,6 +375,21 @@ def urlparse(url, scheme='', allow_fragments=True):
     return _urlparse.urlparse(url, scheme, allow_fragments)
 
 
+def escape_path(path):
+    """
+    Uses urllib.quote to escape to escape path [unicode]. See here for the
+    reasoning whether a character is safe or not and whether or not it should
+    be escaped:
+        https://bugs.python.org/issue918368
+    Letters, digits, and the characters '_.-' are never quoted. Choosing the
+    "wrong" characters for a password for USERNAME:PASSWORD@host.com will get
+    you in trouble (e.g. '@')
+    Returns the escaped path as unicode
+    """
+    return urllib.quote(path.encode('utf-8'),
+                        safe=SAFE_URL_CHARACTERS).decode('utf-8')
+
+
 def quote(s, safe='/'):
     """
     unicode-safe way to use urllib.quote(). Pass in either str or unicode
@@ -380,7 +397,7 @@ def quote(s, safe='/'):
     """
     if isinstance(s, unicode):
         s = s.encode('utf-8')
-    s = urllib.quote(s, safe)
+    s = urllib.quote(s, safe.encode('utf-8'))
     return s.decode('utf-8')
 
 
@@ -391,7 +408,7 @@ def quote_plus(s, safe=''):
     """
     if isinstance(s, unicode):
         s = s.encode('utf-8')
-    s = urllib.quote_plus(s, safe)
+    s = urllib.quote_plus(s, safe.encode('utf-8'))
     return s.decode('utf-8')