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.add(attribute, options[:message] || I18n.t("validations.invalid_characters")) if /[#{INVALID_CHARS}]/o.match?(value) record.errors.add(attribute, options[:message] || I18n.t("validations.url_characters", :characters => INVALID_URL_CHARS)) if options[:url_safe] && /[#{INVALID_URL_CHARS}]/o.match?(value) end end