Avoid slowdown from URL#searchParams in glob embed

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Any non-code changes should be prefixed with `(docs)`.
 See `PUBLISH.md` for instructions on how to publish a new version.
 -->
 
+- (patch) Avoid slowdown from `URL#searchParams` in glob embed
+
 
 ## v1.12.1 - 39a3836
 

rules/embeds/glob.js

@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ module.exports = md => {
         if (closingMark === -1) return false;
 
         // Check for glob match
-        const match = currentLines.slice(0, closingMark + 3).match(/^\[glob (.+?(?:(?: [^ \n]+?)+|(?:\n.+?)+))\](?:$|\n)/);
+        // .+(?:\n.+)+ allows for a glob with spaces on the first line, and then tests separated by newlines
+        // [^ \n]+(?: [^ \n]+)+ allows for a glob with no spaces on the first line, and then tests separated by spaces
+        const match = currentLines.slice(0, closingMark + 3).match(/^\[glob (.+(?:\n.+)+|[^ \n]+(?: [^ \n]+)+)\](?:$|\n)/);
         if (!match) return false;
 
         // Get the full strings
@@ -147,9 +149,9 @@ module.exports = md => {
         const tests = token.glob.tests.map((x, i) => `data-glob-test-${i}="${md.utils.escapeHtml(x)}"`).join(' ');
 
         // Construct the fallback URL
-        const url = new URL('https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob');
-        url.searchParams.append('glob', token.glob.glob);
-        token.glob.tests.forEach(x => url.searchParams.append('tests', x));
+        // Don't use URL#searchParams because it is very slow for large numbers of params
+        // https://twitter.com/MattIPv4/status/1748102513646047584
+        const url = `https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?glob=${encodeURIComponent(token.glob.glob)}${token.glob.tests.map(x => `&tests=${encodeURIComponent(x)}`).join('')}`;
 
         // Return the HTML
         return `<div data-glob-tool-embed data-glob-string="${md.utils.escapeHtml(token.glob.glob)}" ${tests}>

rules/embeds/glob.test.js

@@ -60,17 +60,27 @@ it('handles glob embeds with linebreaks', () => {
 
 it('handles glob embeds with linebreaks and spaces in glob', () => {
     expect(md.render('[glob * test.js\n/a\n/b]')).toBe(`<div data-glob-tool-embed data-glob-string="* test.js" data-glob-test-0="/a" data-glob-test-1="/b">
-    <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?glob=*+test.js&tests=%2Fa&tests=%2Fb" target="_blank">
+    <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?glob=*%20test.js&tests=%2Fa&tests=%2Fb" target="_blank">
         Explore <code>* test.js</code> as a glob string in our glob testing tool
     </a>
 </div>
 <script async defer src="https://do-community.github.io/glob-tool-embed/bundle.js" type="text/javascript" onload="window.GlobToolEmbeds()"></script>
 `);
 });
 
-it('handles glob embeds with many spaces in glob and a linebreak (ReDos)', () => {
+it('handles glob embeds with many spaces in glob (DoS)', () => {
+    expect(md.render(`[glob ${Array.from('a'.repeat(50000)).join(' ')}]`)).toBe(`<div data-glob-tool-embed data-glob-string="a" ${Array.from('a'.repeat(50000 - 1)).map((a, i) => `data-glob-test-${i}="${a}"`).join(' ')}>
+    <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?glob=a${Array.from('a'.repeat(50000 - 1)).map(a => `&tests=${a}`).join('')}" target="_blank">
+        Explore <code>a</code> as a glob string in our glob testing tool
+    </a>
+</div>
+<script async defer src="https://do-community.github.io/glob-tool-embed/bundle.js" type="text/javascript" onload="window.GlobToolEmbeds()"></script>
+`);
+});
+
+it('handles glob embeds with many spaces in glob and a linebreak (ReDoS)', () => {
     expect(md.render(`[glob ${Array.from('a'.repeat(50)).join(' ')}\nb\nc]`)).toBe(`<div data-glob-tool-embed data-glob-string="${Array.from('a'.repeat(50)).join(' ')}" data-glob-test-0="b" data-glob-test-1="c">
-    <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?glob=${Array.from('a'.repeat(50)).join('+')}&tests=b&tests=c" target="_blank">
+    <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/glob?glob=${Array.from('a'.repeat(50)).join('%20')}&tests=b&tests=c" target="_blank">
         Explore <code>${Array.from('a'.repeat(50)).join(' ')}</code> as a glob string in our glob testing tool
     </a>
 </div>