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Bad string generating by Expression

See original GitHub issue

Expected Behavior

Trying to escape some random input to break expression

exp = new Influx.Expression();
exp.tag('symbol').equals.value(`GAZP()\'`).toString() // **`"symbol" = 'GAZP()\\\''`**

And it should escape characters correctly

Actual Behavior

But it doesn’t escape them

exp = new Influx.Expression();
exp.tag('symbol').equals.value(`GAZP()\'`).toString() // **`"symbol" = 'GAZP()\\''`**

Steps/Code to Reproduce the Problem

const influx = require('influx')
const exp = new influx.Expression();
exp.tag('symbol').equals.value(`GAZP()\'`).toString()
// ...

Specifications

Version: 5.5.1
Platform: Darwin

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

connor4312commented, Jun 15, 2020

Not yet. Though I plan to use Influx again (for the first time in ages) for some home automation stuff, so I will probably be spending some time on this library again

0reactions

bencevanscommented, Jul 22, 2020

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 5.5.3 🎉

The release is available on:

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