Use raw message ids in links by default

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 682675e..fc0f294 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ To make config options persistent, set them in `~/.ssb/config`, e.g.:
 - `blob_base`: base url for links to ssb blobs. default: same as `base`
 - `img_base`: base url for blobs embedded as images. default: same as `base`
 - `emoji_base`: base url for emoji images. default: same as `base`
+- `encode_msgids`: whether to URL-encode message ids. default: `false`
 
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diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index b122f1d..b12051a 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function App(sbot, config) {
     blob_base: conf.blob_base || conf.img_base || base,
     img_base: conf.img_base || base,
     emoji_base: conf.emoji_base || (base + 'emoji/'),
+    encode_msgids: Boolean(conf.encode_msgids),
   }
 
   sbot.get = memo({cache: lru(100)}, sbot.get)
diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index e9d4889..63eecd4 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ Render.prototype.toUrl = function (href) {
   switch (href[0]) {
     case '%':
       if (!u.isRef(href)) return false
-      return this.opts.base + encodeURIComponent(href)
+      return this.opts.base +
+        (this.opts.encode_msgids ? encodeURIComponent(href) : href)
     case '@':
       if (!u.isRef(href)) return false
       return this.opts.base + href