File paths with # are treated as a URI delimiter

[JamieSharpe]

If the output file path contains a # character, the get_sqlite_db_path function treats it as a URI delimiter, causing any attempts to open a file fail:

Error log

[2/2] userDict [userDict] artifact started
Error with %5C%5C%3F%5CE:\1 - Programming\# Third Party\ALEAPP\ALEAPP_Reports_2026-06-01_Monday_211557\data\Dump\data\data\com.android.providers.userdictionary\databases\user_dict.db:
 - unable to open database file
Reading userDict artifact had errors!
Error was 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cursor'
Exception Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "aleapp.py", line 397, in crunch_artifacts
    plugin.method(files_found, category_folder, seeker, wrap_text)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "E:\1 - Programming\# Third Party\ALEAPP\scripts\artifacts\userDict.py", line 11, in get_userDict
    cursor = db.cursor()
             ^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cursor'


Processes completed.
Processing time = 00:00:00
Processing time (wall)= 00:00:00

Notice the error on Error with %5C%5C%3F%5CE:\1 - Programming\# Third Party\ALEAPP\ALEAPP_Reports_2026-06-

Remediation

Don't use file paths with a #. The reason I do is so they are sorted to the top.

Permanent fix

I've added a fix by using urllib.parse.quote function to safely escape the path characters.

Merge request to follow.

[JamieSharpe]

It looks like the same issue is present in iLEAPP as well, but given the discussion in #673 is it worth migrating this fix to the iLEAPP project, or else where?