html - URLs with handlebars JS -

i'm trying use handlebars render url inside email html template sent user after registration confirmation step.

the link assembled follows:

var data = {             user: {                     email: body.email,                     token: 'tmptoken',                      link: '/confirm?email=' + body.email + '&token=' + 'tmptoken'             },             appname: 'xyz'     }; 

the link used in following format:

"/confirm?email=x&token=y" 

each time email sent, link tampered , becomes:

"confirm/?email=y&token=y", pretty annoying.

i'm using handlebars in nodejs refer url inside html using handlebars

<a href="{{{link_to}}}" style="border: 0;" target="_blank">.

i tried using handlebars helpers:

handlebars.registerhelper('link_to', function() {                     return new handlebars.safestring(handlebars.utils.escapeexpression(data.user.link));             }); 

any thoughts why question marks in string converted "/?" ?

this code, based closely on code present, not inject /. there's else going on somewhere. works expected:

var handlebars = require('handlebars');  var source = '<a href="{{{link_to}}}" style="border: 0;" target="_blank">'; var template = handlebars.compile(source);  var data = {             user: {                     email: 'foo@example.com',                     token: 'tmptoken',                      link: '/confirm?email=' + 'foo@example.com' + '&token=' + 'tmptoken'             },             appname: 'xyz'     };  handlebars.registerhelper('link_to', function() {     return new handlebars.safestring(handlebars.utils.escapeexpression(data.user.link)); }); var result = template(data);  console.log(result);  // logs: <a href="/confirm?email=foo@example.com&amp;token=tmptoken" style="border: 0;" target="_blank">