1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/utils/handler.go b/pkg/api/handlers/utils/handler.go
index f2ce26f1a..970f93791 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/utils/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/utils/handler.go
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -59,3 +62,18 @@ func FilterMapToString(filters map[string][]string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return string(f), nil
 }
+
+func getVar(r *http.Request, k string) string {
+	val := mux.Vars(r)[k]
+	safeVal, err := url.PathUnescape(val)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Error(errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unescape mux key %s, value %s", k, val))
+		return val
+	}
+	return safeVal
+}
+
+// GetName extracts the name from the mux
+func GetName(r *http.Request) string {
+	return getVar(r, "name")
+}