Fixed text encoding and decoding in edge cases

src/dropper/routes.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Python imports
 import os, hashlib, json, base64
 
+from urllib.parse import unquote # For Python 2 use: from urlparse import unquote
+
 # Flask imports
 from flask import Flask, request, render_template, session, send_from_directory, url_for, redirect, escape
 from flask_uploads import UploadSet, configure_uploads, ALL
@@ -30,8 +32,10 @@ with open(NOTES_PTH) as infile:
         notesJson = json.load(infile)
         for entry in notesJson:
             notesListEncoded.append(entry)
-            entryDecoded = str(base64.urlsafe_b64decode( entry.encode("utf-8") ), "utf-8")
-            notesListDecoded.append(escape(entryDecoded))
+
+            decodedStrPart = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(entry.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
+            entryDecoded   = unquote(decodedStrPart)
+            notesListDecoded.append(entryDecoded)
     except Exception as e:
         print(repr(e))
 
@@ -146,12 +150,14 @@ def deleteFile():
 def deleteText():
     if request.method == 'POST':
         try:
-            decodedNote  = request.values['noteStr'].strip()
-            encodedBytes = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(decodedNote.encode("utf-8"))
-            encodedNote  = str(encodedBytes, "utf-8")
+            encodedStr     = request.values['noteStr'].strip()
+            decodedStrPart = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(encodedStr.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
+            decodedStr     = unquote(decodedStrPart)
 
-            notesListEncoded.remove(encodedNote)
-            notesListDecoded.remove(decodedNote)
+            print("Encoded String:\n\t" + encodedStr)
+            print("Decoded String:\n\t" + decodedStr)
+            notesListEncoded.remove(encodedStr)
+            notesListDecoded.remove(decodedStr)
             updateNotesFile()
 
             msg = "[Success] Deleted entry..."
@@ -182,10 +188,10 @@ def addNote():
     text = request.values['entryText'].strip()
     if request.method == 'POST' and text != '':
         try:
-            encodedBytes = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(text.encode("utf-8"))
-            encodedStr   = str(encodedBytes, "utf-8")
+            encodedStr = text
+            decodedStr = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(encodedStr.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
 
-            notesListDecoded.append(text)
+            notesListDecoded.append(decodedStr)
             notesListEncoded.append(encodedStr)
             updateNotesFile()
 

src/dropper/static/js/ui-logic.js

@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ const deleteTextAction = (elm, note) => {
     const refElm   = document.getElementsByClassName(classRef)[0];
     refElm.parentElement.removeChild(refElm);
 
-    const params = new URLSearchParams('noteStr=' + note)
+    // Encoded special characters then encode to b64
+    encodedStr   = window.btoa(encodeURIComponent(note))
+    const params = new URLSearchParams('noteStr=' + encodedStr)
     doAjax('delete-text', params, 'delete-text');
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ const deleteAllTextAction = () => {
 const createFormData = (entry) => {
     let form = new FormData();
     for (var i = 0; i < entry.length; i++) {
-        form.append("entryText", entry);
+        // Encoded special characters then encode to b64
+        encodedStr = window.btoa(encodeURIComponent(note))
+        form.append("entryText", encodedStr);
     }
     return form;
 }