class CharactersValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator INVALID_CHARS = "\x00-\x08\x0b-\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f\ufffe\uffff".freeze INVALID_URL_CHARS = "/;.,?%#".freeze def validate_each(record, attribute, value) record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || I18n.t("validations.invalid_characters")) if value =~ /[#{INVALID_CHARS}]/ if options[:url_safe] record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || I18n.t("validations.url_characters", :characters => INVALID_URL_CHARS)) if value =~ /[#{INVALID_URL_CHARS}]/ end end end