Tilde-decode custom page path variables, refs #1732

Wildcard custom pages (e.g. templates/pages/{topic}.html) passed the raw
tilde-encoded path segment straight into the template context, so a URL
like /topic_hello~20world rendered "hello~20world" instead of "hello
world" - and ids containing spaces or slashes never matched user data.

Tilde-decode the captured groups, matching how the database/table/row
url_vars are already decoded elsewhere in the router.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

datasette/app.py

@@ -3001,7 +3001,15 @@ class DatasetteRouter:
                 for regex, wildcard_template in page_routes:
                     match = regex.match(route_path)
                     if match is not None:
-                        context.update(match.groupdict())
+                        # Tilde-decode captured path variables so templates see
+                        # the real value - e.g. "hello world" not "hello~20world"
+                        # https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1732
+                        context.update(
+                            {
+                                key: tilde_decode(value)
+                                for key, value in match.groupdict().items()
+                            }
+                        )
                         template = wildcard_template
                         break
 

tests/test_custom_pages.py

@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@ def test_custom_route_pattern(custom_pages_client, path, expected):
     assert response.text.strip() == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path,expected",
+    [
+        # Tilde-encoded path variables should reach the template decoded
+        # https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1732
+        ("/topic_hello~20world", "Topic page for hello world"),
+        ("/topic_caf~C3~A9", "Topic page for café"),
+        ("/topic_a~2Fb/x~20y", "Slug: x y, Topic: a/b"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_custom_route_pattern_decodes_path_variables(
+    custom_pages_client, path, expected
+):
+    response = custom_pages_client.get(path)
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.text.strip() == expected
+
+
 def test_custom_route_pattern_404(custom_pages_client):
     response = custom_pages_client.get("/route_OhNo")
     assert response.status == 404