Search URL escaping

[dread]

If you search for unescaped characters such as '`' (backtick) in the URL in Chrome then you get a 500 error.

e.g. ​http://www.ckan.net/package/search?q=fjdkf2B%C2%B4gfhgfkgf{gpk fjdkf2B´gfhgfkgf{gpk

returns this exception:

URL: http://www.ckan.net/package/search?q=fjdkf%2B%C2%B4gfhgfkgf%7Bg%C2%B4pk&search=Search+Packages+%C2%BB
Module weberror.errormiddleware:162 in __call__
<<              __traceback_supplement__ = Supplement, self, environ
                   sr_checker = ResponseStartChecker(start_response)
                   app_iter = self.application(environ, sr_checker)
                   return self.make_catching_iter(app_iter, environ, sr_checker)
               except:
>>  app_iter = self.application(environ, sr_checker)
Module repoze.who.middleware:107 in __call__
<<          wrapper = StartResponseWrapper(start_response)
               app_iter = app(environ, wrapper.wrap_start_response)
       
               # The challenge decider almost(?) always needs information from the
>>  app_iter = app(environ, wrapper.wrap_start_response)
Module beaker.middleware:73 in __call__
<<                                                     self.cache_manager)
               environ[self.environ_key] = self.cache_manager
               return self.app(environ, start_response)
>>  return self.app(environ, start_response)
Module beaker.middleware:152 in __call__
<<                          headers.append(('Set-cookie', cookie))
                   return start_response(status, headers, exc_info)
               return self.wrap_app(environ, session_start_response)
           
           def _get_session(self):
>>  return self.wrap_app(environ, session_start_response)
Module routes.middleware:130 in __call__
<<                  environ['SCRIPT_NAME'] = environ['SCRIPT_NAME'][:-1]
               
               response = self.app(environ, start_response)
               
               # Wrapped in try as in rare cases the attribute will be gone already
>>  response = self.app(environ, start_response)
Module pylons.wsgiapp:125 in __call__
<<          
               controller = self.resolve(environ, start_response)
               response = self.dispatch(controller, environ, start_response)
               
               if 'paste.testing_variables' in environ and hasattr(response,
>>  response = self.dispatch(controller, environ, start_response)
Module pylons.wsgiapp:324 in dispatch
<<          if log_debug:
                   log.debug("Calling controller class with WSGI interface")
               return controller(environ, start_response)
           
           def load_test_env(self, environ):
>>  return controller(environ, start_response)
Module ckan.lib.base:50 in __call__
<<          # available in environ['pylons.routes_dict']
               try:
                   return WSGIController.__call__(self, environ, start_response)
               finally:
                   model.Session.remove()
>>  return WSGIController.__call__(self, environ, start_response)
Module pylons.controllers.core:221 in __call__
<<                  return response(environ, self.start_response)
               
               response = self._dispatch_call()
               if not start_response_called:
                   self.start_response = start_response
>>  response = self._dispatch_call()
Module pylons.controllers.core:172 in _dispatch_call
<<              req.environ['pylons.action_method'] = func
                   
                   response = self._inspect_call(func)
               else:
                   if log_debug:
>>  response = self._inspect_call(func)
Module pylons.controllers.core:107 in _inspect_call
<<                        func.__name__, args)
               try:
                   result = self._perform_call(func, args)
               except HTTPException, httpe:
                   if log_debug:
>>  result = self._perform_call(func, args)
Module pylons.controllers.core:60 in _perform_call
<<          """Hide the traceback for everything above this method"""
               __traceback_hide__ = 'before_and_this'
               return func(**args)
           
           def _inspect_call(self, func):
>>  return func(**args)
Module ckan.controllers.package:52 in search
<<                  collection=query,
                       page=request.params.get('page', 1),
                       items_per_page=50
                   )
                   # filter out ranks from the query result
>>  items_per_page=50
Module webhelpers.paginate:333 in __init__
<<              self.item_count = item_count
               else:
                   self.item_count = len(self.collection)
       
               # Compute the number of the first and last available page
>>  self.item_count = len(self.collection)
Module webhelpers.paginate:204 in __len__
<<      def __len__(self):
               return self.obj.count()
       
       # Since the items on a page are mainly a list we subclass the "list" type
>>  return self.obj.count()
Module sqlalchemy.orm.query:1094 in count
<<              q = q.params(params)
               q = q._legacy_select_kwargs(**kwargs)
               return q._count()
       
           def _count(self):
>>  return q._count()
Module sqlalchemy.orm.query:1103 in _count
<<          """
               return self._col_aggregate(sql.literal_column('1'), sql.func.count, nested_cols=list(self.mapper.primary_key))
       
           def _col_aggregate(self, col, func, nested_cols=None):
>>  return self._col_aggregate(sql.literal_column('1'), sql.func.count, nested_cols=list(self.mapper.primary_key))
Module sqlalchemy.orm.query:1125 in _col_aggregate
<<          if self._autoflush and not self._populate_existing:
                   self.session._autoflush()
               return self.session.scalar(s, params=self._params, mapper=self.mapper)
       
           def compile(self):
>>  return self.session.scalar(s, params=self._params, mapper=self.mapper)
Module sqlalchemy.orm.session:635 in scalar
<<          engine = self.get_bind(mapper, clause=clause, instance=instance)
       
               return self.__connection(engine, close_with_result=True).scalar(clause, params or {})
       
           def close(self):
>>  return self.__connection(engine, close_with_result=True).scalar(clause, params or {})
Module sqlalchemy.engine.base:834 in scalar
<<          """
       
               return self.execute(object, *multiparams, **params).scalar()
       
           def statement_compiler(self, statement, **kwargs):
>>  return self.execute(object, *multiparams, **params).scalar()
Module sqlalchemy.engine.base:844 in execute
<<          for c in type(object).__mro__:
                   if c in Connection.executors:
                       return Connection.executors[c](self, object, multiparams, params)
               else:
                   raise exceptions.InvalidRequestError("Unexecutable object type: " + str(type(object)))
>>  return Connection.executors[c](self, object, multiparams, params)
Module sqlalchemy.engine.base:895 in execute_clauseelement
<<          else:
                   keys = None
               return self._execute_compiled(elem.compile(dialect=self.dialect, column_keys=keys, inline=len(params) > 1), distilled_params=params)
       
           def _execute_compiled(self, compiled, multiparams=None, params=None, distilled_params=None):
>>  return self._execute_compiled(elem.compile(dialect=self.dialect, column_keys=keys, inline=len(params) > 1), distilled_params=params)
Module sqlalchemy.engine.base:907 in _execute_compiled
<<          context.pre_execution()
               self.__execute_raw(context)
               context.post_execution()
               self._autocommit(context)
>>  self.__execute_raw(context)
Module sqlalchemy.engine.base:916 in __execute_raw
<<              self._cursor_executemany(context.cursor, context.statement, context.parameters, context=context)
               else:
                   self._cursor_execute(context.cursor, context.statement, context.parameters[0], context=context)
       
           def _execute_ddl(self, ddl, params, multiparams):
>>  self._cursor_execute(context.cursor, context.statement, context.parameters[0], context=context)
Module sqlalchemy.engine.base:958 in _cursor_execute
<<              self.engine.logger.info(repr(parameters))
               try:
                   self.dialect.do_execute(cursor, statement, parameters, context=context)
               except Exception, e:
                   self._handle_dbapi_exception(e, statement, parameters, cursor)
>>  self.dialect.do_execute(cursor, statement, parameters, context=context)
Module sqlalchemy.engine.default:133 in do_execute
<<      def do_execute(self, cursor, statement, parameters, context=None):
               cursor.execute(statement, parameters)
       
           def is_disconnect(self, e):
>>  cursor.execute(statement, parameters)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xb4' in position 6: ordinal not in range(128)

[dread]

This exception occurs for ckan.net with just this one character: ​http://ckan.net/package/search?q=%C2 (you can wget it)

But I can't recreate it on my machine. Maybe it's a version issue.

The client that is making all these crazy calls is googlebot.