I noticed in my site logs that quite a few people are searching for how
to encode and decode a url in ASP.NET, so I thought today I'd write a
short blog on how to do that.
If you are wanting to do this from a WebForm, it's very simple:
Encoding:
Decoding:
If you are wanting to encode or decode a url from a project other than a web application, you will need to add a reference to System.Web to your project, and create an instance of a System.Web.HttpServerUtility, like so:
That's it!
If you are wanting to do this from a WebForm, it's very simple:
Encoding:
encodedUrl = Server.UrlEncode(urlToEncode)
Decoding:
decodedUrl = Server.UrlDecode(urlToDecode)
If you are wanting to encode or decode a url from a project other than a web application, you will need to add a reference to System.Web to your project, and create an instance of a System.Web.HttpServerUtility, like so:
Imports System.Web
Public Class UrlDemoClass
Public Sub UrlDemo(ByVal url As String)
Dim o As System.Web.HttpServerUtility
Dim encodedUrl As String
Dim decodedUrl As String
encodedUrl = o.UrlEncode(urL)
decodedUrl = o.UrlDecode(encodedUrl)
End Sub
End Class
That's it!
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