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+# Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+# deal with the lack of URI::nntps in upstream URI.
+# nntps is IANA registered, snews is deprecated
+# cf. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983419
+package PublicInbox::URInntps;
+use strict;
+use parent qw(URI::snews);
+use URI;
+
+sub new {
+ my ($class, $url) = @_;
+ $url =~ m!\Anntps://!i ? bless(\$url, $class) : URI->new($url);
+}
+
+1;
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+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use strict; use v5.10.1; use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+require_mods 'URI';
+use_ok 'PublicInbox::URInntps';
+my $uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntp://EXAMPLE.com/inbox.test');
+isnt(ref($uri), 'PublicInbox::URInntps', 'URI fallback');
+is($uri->scheme, 'nntp', 'NNTP fallback ->scheme');
+
+$uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntps://EXAMPLE.com/inbox.test');
+is($uri->host, 'EXAMPLE.com', 'host matches');
+is($uri->canonical->host, 'example.com', 'host canonicalized');
+is($uri->canonical->as_string, 'nntps://example.com/inbox.test',
+ 'URI canonicalized');
+is($uri->port, 563, 'nntps port');
+is($uri->userinfo, undef, 'no userinfo');
+is($uri->scheme, 'nntps', '->scheme works');
+is($uri->group, 'inbox.test', '->group works');
+
+$uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntps://foo@0/');
+is("$uri", $uri->as_string, '"" overload works');
+is($uri->host, '0', 'numeric host');
+is($uri->userinfo, 'foo', 'user extracted');
+
+$uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntps://ipv6@[::1]');
+is($uri->host, '::1', 'IPv6 host');
+is($uri->group, '', '->group is empty');
+
+$uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntps://0:666/INBOX.test');
+is($uri->port, 666, 'port read');
+is($uri->group, 'INBOX.test', 'group read after port');
+
+is(PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntps://0:563/')->canonical->as_string,
+ 'nntps://0/', 'default port stripped');
+
+$uri = PublicInbox::URInntps->new('nntps://NSA:Hunter2@0/inbox');
+is($uri->userinfo, 'NSA:Hunter2', 'userinfo accepted w/ pass');
+
+done_testing;