From 2d3df9b5569cfef3a8c00095857c59d004314420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bensynapse <118375461+bensynapse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 02:44:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] query: skip unexported embedded scalar fields

---
 query/encode.go      | 10 ++++-
 query/encode_test.go | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/query/encode.go b/query/encode.go
index ffb2097..c39a64b 100644
--- a/query/encode.go
+++ b/query/encode.go
@@ -154,8 +154,14 @@ func reflectValue(values url.Values, val reflect.Value, scope string) error {
 	typ := val.Type()
 	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
 		sf := typ.Field(i)
-		if sf.PkgPath != "" && !sf.Anonymous { // unexported
-			continue
+		if sf.PkgPath != "" { // unexported
+			embeddedType := sf.Type
+			if embeddedType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+				embeddedType = embeddedType.Elem()
+			}
+			if !sf.Anonymous || embeddedType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 
 		sv := val.Field(i)
diff --git a/query/encode_test.go b/query/encode_test.go
index 241e4f1..96d599f 100644
--- a/query/encode_test.go
+++ b/query/encode_test.go
@@ -424,6 +424,96 @@ func TestValues_EmbeddedStructs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValues_UnexportedEmbeddedFields(t *testing.T) {
+	type privateString string
+	type PublicString string
+	type privateStruct struct {
+		Limit int `url:"limit"`
+	}
+	value := privateString("private")
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input interface{}
+		want  url.Values
+	}{
+		{
+			"scalar",
+			struct {
+				privateString
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{value, 2},
+			url.Values{"page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"scalar pointer",
+			struct {
+				*privateString
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{&value, 2},
+			url.Values{"page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"nil scalar pointer",
+			struct {
+				*privateString
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{nil, 2},
+			url.Values{"page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"tagged scalar",
+			struct {
+				privateString `url:"private"`
+				Page          int `url:"page"`
+			}{value, 2},
+			url.Values{"page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"custom encoder",
+			struct {
+				customEncodedStrings
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{customEncodedStrings{"private"}, 2},
+			url.Values{"page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"exported scalar",
+			struct {
+				PublicString
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{"public", 2},
+			url.Values{"PublicString": {"public"}, "page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"promoted struct field",
+			struct {
+				privateStruct
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{privateStruct{Limit: 3}, 2},
+			url.Values{"limit": {"3"}, "page": {"2"}},
+		},
+		{
+			"promoted pointer field",
+			struct {
+				*privateStruct
+				Page int `url:"page"`
+			}{&privateStruct{Limit: 3}, 2},
+			url.Values{"limit": {"3"}, "page": {"2"}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer func() {
+				if err := recover(); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Values panicked: %v", err)
+				}
+			}()
+			testValue(t, tt.input, tt.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValues_InvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := Values("")
 	if err == nil {