From 6d798dbda94c72205881d3354337d18f7247de21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xaver Fischer <33641215+Simerax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 08:53:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] :memo: middleware/filesystem does not handle url encoded
 values on it's own (#2247)

* :memo: middleware/filesystem does not handle url encoded values

* Update README.md

add newline after first warning

Co-authored-by: Xaver Fischer <xaverfischer@mail.de>
---
 middleware/filesystem/README.md     | 3 ++-
 middleware/filesystem/filesystem.go | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/middleware/filesystem/README.md b/middleware/filesystem/README.md
index e976abf4a7..87caf1c841 100644
--- a/middleware/filesystem/README.md
+++ b/middleware/filesystem/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 Filesystem middleware for [Fiber](https://github.com/gofiber/fiber) that enables you to serve files from a directory.
 
-⚠️ **`:params` & `:optionals?` within the prefix path are not supported!**
+⚠️ **`:params` & `:optionals?` within the prefix path are not supported!**  
+⚠️ **To handle paths with spaces (or other url encoded values) make sure to set `fiber.Config{ UnescapePath: true}`**
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
diff --git a/middleware/filesystem/filesystem.go b/middleware/filesystem/filesystem.go
index aca5a1bf55..890fdf9824 100644
--- a/middleware/filesystem/filesystem.go
+++ b/middleware/filesystem/filesystem.go
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ var ConfigDefault = Config{
 	MaxAge:     0,
 }
 
-// New creates a new middleware handler
+// New creates a new middleware handler.
+//
+// filesystem does not handle url encoded values (for example spaces)
+// on it's own. If you need that functionality, set "UnescapePath"
+// in fiber.Config
 func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler {
 	// Set default config
 	cfg := ConfigDefault