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+package gofakes3
+
+// From: minio/cmd/api-utils.go
+// License: AGPL-3.0
+
+func shouldEscape(c byte) bool {
+	if 'A' <= c && c <= 'Z' || 'a' <= c && c <= 'z' || '0' <= c && c <= '9' {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	switch c {
+	case '-', '_', '.', '/', '*':
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// s3URLEncode is based on Golang's url.QueryEscape() code,
+// while considering some S3 exceptions:
+//   - Avoid encoding '/' and '*'
+//   - Force encoding of '~'
+func URLEncode(s string) string {
+	spaceCount, hexCount := 0, 0
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		c := s[i]
+		if shouldEscape(c) {
+			if c == ' ' {
+				spaceCount++
+			} else {
+				hexCount++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if spaceCount == 0 && hexCount == 0 {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	var buf [64]byte
+	var t []byte
+
+	required := len(s) + 2*hexCount
+	if required <= len(buf) {
+		t = buf[:required]
+	} else {
+		t = make([]byte, required)
+	}
+
+	if hexCount == 0 {
+		copy(t, s)
+		for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+			if s[i] == ' ' {
+				t[i] = '+'
+			}
+		}
+		return string(t)
+	}
+
+	j := 0
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		switch c := s[i]; {
+		case c == ' ':
+			t[j] = '+'
+			j++
+		case shouldEscape(c):
+			t[j] = '%'
+			t[j+1] = "0123456789ABCDEF"[c>>4]
+			t[j+2] = "0123456789ABCDEF"[c&15]
+			j += 3
+		default:
+			t[j] = s[i]
+			j++
+		}
+	}
+	return string(t)
+}