Autofill encoding in postgres (#15617)

* autofill encoding

* link

* index file changed

* ssl

* form priotized

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Co-authored-by: gsmithun4 <gsmithun4@gmail.com>

frontend/src/_helpers/postgresHelpers.js

@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ export const validatePostgresConnectionString = (connectionString) => {
       }
     }
 
+    try {
+      if (url.username) decodeURIComponent(url.username);
+      if (url.password) decodeURIComponent(url.password);
+      if (url.pathname) decodeURIComponent(url.pathname.replace(/^\//, ''));
+    } catch {
+      return {
+        valid: false,
+        error: 'Invalid URL encoding in connection string credentials',
+      };
+    }
+
     return { valid: true, error: '' };
   } catch {
     return { valid: false, error: 'Malformed PostgreSQL connection string' };
@@ -52,17 +63,28 @@ export const parsePostgresConnectionString = (connectionString) => {
       sslmode === 'verify-ca' ||
       sslmode === 'prefer' ||
       sslmode === 'allow' ||
+      sslmode === 'on' ||
+      sslmode === 'yes' ||
       ssl === 'true' ||
+      ssl === 'on' ||
+      ssl === 'yes' ||
       ssl === '1';
 
-    const isSslOff = sslmode === 'disable' || ssl === 'false' || ssl === '0';
+    const isSslOff =
+      sslmode === 'disable' ||
+      sslmode === 'off' ||
+      sslmode === 'no' ||
+      ssl === 'false' ||
+      ssl === 'off' ||
+      ssl === 'no' ||
+      ssl === '0';
 
     return {
       host: url.hostname || '',
       port: url.port || '5432',
       username: decodeURIComponent(url.username || ''),
       password: decodeURIComponent(url.password || ''),
-      database: url.pathname.replace(/^\//, '') || '',
+      database: decodeURIComponent(url.pathname.replace(/^\//, '') || ''),
       ssl_enabled: isSslOn ? true : isSslOff ? false : undefined,
       query_params: url.search || '',
       protocol: url.protocol.replace(':', ''),

plugins/packages/postgresql/lib/index.ts

@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ export default class PostgresqlQueryService implements QueryService {
       const connPass = decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.password || '');
       const connHost = parsedUrl.hostname || '';
       const connPort: number = parsedUrl.port ? Number(parsedUrl.port) : 5432;
-      const connDb = parsedUrl.pathname ? parsedUrl.pathname.replace('/', '') : '';
+      const connDb =decodeURIComponent( parsedUrl.pathname ? parsedUrl.pathname.replace('/', '') : '');
       const sslmode = parsedUrl.searchParams.get('sslmode') || parsedUrl.searchParams.get('ssl') || '';
 
       let connSslEnabled: boolean | undefined;
@@ -763,19 +763,15 @@ export default class PostgresqlQueryService implements QueryService {
         connSslEnabled = false;
       }
       // Explicit UI values override connection string values
-      resolvedUser = sourceOptions.username || connUser;
-      resolvedPass = sourceOptions.password || connPass;
+      resolvedUser = sourceOptions.username;
+      resolvedPass = sourceOptions.password;
       // Only override if user explicitly changed away from the default
-      resolvedHost = sourceOptions.host && sourceOptions.host !== 'localhost' ? sourceOptions.host : connHost;
+      resolvedHost = sourceOptions.host;
 
-      resolvedPort = sourceOptions.port && Number(sourceOptions.port) !== 5432 ? Number(sourceOptions.port) : connPort;
+      resolvedPort = Number(sourceOptions.port);
 
-      resolvedDb = sourceOptions.database || connDb;
+      resolvedDb = sourceOptions.database;
 
-      // SSL Autofill
-      if (!sourceOptions.ssl_enabled && connSslEnabled) {
-        sourceOptions.ssl_enabled = connSslEnabled;
-      }
     }
 
     // --- SSL config ---

plugins/packages/postgresql/lib/manifest.json

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     },
     "connection_string": {
       "type": "string",
-      "title": "Connection string",
+      "title": "Connection string (encoded)",
       "description": "postgres://username:password@hostname:port/database?sslmode=require"
     },
     "ca_cert": {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
       "widget": "dropdown-component-flip",
       "list": [
         { "name": "Manual connection", "value": "manual" },
-        { "name": "Connection string", "value": "string" }
+        { "name": "Connection string (encoded)", "value": "string" }
       ]
     },
     "manual": {
@@ -422,11 +422,12 @@
         "order": 2,
         "$ref": "#/properties/connection_string",
         "key": "connection_string",
-        "label": "Connection string",
+        "label": "Connection string (encoded)",
         "description": "postgres://username:password@hostname:port/database?sslmode=require",
         "widget": "password-v3-textarea",
-        "required": true
-      },
+        "required": true,
+        "help_text":"e.g., postgresql://admin:p%40ssword@localhost:5432/my%23db. Encode special characters using a <a href=\"https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/\" target=\"_blank\">URL encoder</a>."
+       },
       "host": {
         "order": 10,
         "$ref": "#/properties/host",