Fix URL encoding again (#3044)

Co-authored-by: WithoutPants <53250216+WithoutPants@users.noreply.github.com>

ui/v2.5/src/models/list-filter/filter.ts

@@ -145,18 +145,69 @@ export class ListFilterModel {
         jsonParameters = [params.c!];
       }
       params.c = jsonParameters.map((jsonString) => {
-        let decodedJson = jsonString;
-        // replace () back to {}
-        decodedJson = decodedJson.replaceAll("(", "{");
-        decodedJson = decodedJson.replaceAll(")", "}");
-        // decode all other characters
-        decodedJson = decodeURIComponent(decodedJson);
-        return decodedJson;
+        const decoding = true;
+        return ListFilterModel.translateSpecialCharacters(
+          decodeURIComponent(jsonString),
+          decoding
+        );
       });
     }
     return params;
   }
 
+  private static translateSpecialCharacters(input: string, decoding: boolean) {
+    let inString = false;
+    let escape = false;
+    return [...input]
+      .map((c) => {
+        if (escape) {
+          // this character has been escaped, skip
+          escape = false;
+          return c;
+        }
+
+        switch (c) {
+          case "\\":
+            // escape the next character if in a string
+            if (inString) {
+              escape = true;
+            }
+            break;
+          case '"':
+            // unescaped quote, toggle inString
+            inString = !inString;
+            break;
+          case "(":
+            // decode only: restore ( to { if not in a string
+            if (decoding && !inString) {
+              return "{";
+            }
+            break;
+          case ")":
+            // decode only: restore ) to } if not in a string
+            if (decoding && !inString) {
+              return "}";
+            }
+            break;
+          case "{":
+            // encode only: replace { with ( if not in a string
+            if (!decoding && !inString) {
+              return "(";
+            }
+            break;
+          case "}":
+            // encode only: replace } with ) if not in a string
+            if (!decoding && !inString) {
+              return ")";
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+
+        return c;
+      })
+      .join("");
+  }
+
   public configureFromQueryString(query: string) {
     const parsed = queryString.parse(query, { decode: false });
     const decoded = ListFilterModel.decodeQueryParameters(parsed);
@@ -192,15 +243,15 @@ export class ListFilterModel {
   // Returns query parameters with necessary parts encoded
   public getQueryParameters(): IQueryParameters {
     const encodedCriteria: string[] = this.criteria.map((criterion) => {
-      let str = criterion.toJSON();
+      const decoding = false;
+      let str = ListFilterModel.translateSpecialCharacters(
+        criterion.toJSON(),
+        decoding
+      );
+
       // URL-encode other characters
       str = encodeURI(str);
-      // force URL-encode existing ()
-      str = str.replaceAll("(", "%28");
-      str = str.replaceAll(")", "%29");
-      // replace JSON '{'(%7B) '}'(%7D) with explicitly unreserved ()
-      str = str.replaceAll("%7B", "(");
-      str = str.replaceAll("%7D", ")");
+
       // only the reserved characters ?#&;=+ need to be URL-encoded
       // as they have special meaning in query strings
       str = str.replaceAll("?", encodeURIComponent("?"));
@@ -209,6 +260,7 @@ export class ListFilterModel {
       str = str.replaceAll(";", encodeURIComponent(";"));
       str = str.replaceAll("=", encodeURIComponent("="));
       str = str.replaceAll("+", encodeURIComponent("+"));
+
       return str;
     });