Does C# have an equivalent to JavaScript's encodeURIComponent()?

Question

In JavaScript:

encodeURIComponent("©√") == "%C2%A9%E2%88%9A"

Is there an equivalent for C# applications? For escaping HTML characters I used:

txtOut.Text = Regex.Replace(txtIn.Text, @"[\u0080-\uFFFF]",
    m => @"&#" + ((int)m.Value[0]).ToString() + ";");

But I'm not sure how to convert the match to the correct hexadecimal format that JS uses. For example this code:

txtOut.Text = Regex.Replace(txtIn.Text, @"[\u0080-\uFFFF]",
    m => @"%" + String.Format("{0:x}", ((int)m.Value[0])));

Returns " %a9%221a" for "©√" instead of "%C2%A9%E2%88%9A" . It looks like I need to split the string up into bytes or something.

Edit: This is for a windows app, the only items available in System.Web are: AspNetHostingPermission , AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute , and AspNetHostingPermissionLevel .

Answer 1

Uri.EscapeDataString or HttpUtility.UrlEncode is the correct way to escape a string meant to be part of a URL.

Take for example the string "Stack Overflow" :

• HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Stack Overflow") --> "Stack+Overflow"

• Uri.EscapeUriString("Stack Overflow") --> "Stack%20Overflow"

• Uri.EscapeDataString("Stack + Overflow") --> Also encodes "+" to "%2b" ----> Stack%20%2B%20%20Overflow

Only the last is correct when used as an actual part of the URL (as opposed to the value of one of the query string parameters)

Answer 2

HttpUtility.HtmlEncode / Decode
HttpUtility.UrlEncode / Decode

You can add a reference to the System.Web assembly if it's not available in your project

Answer 3

I tried to do full compatible analog of javascript's encodeURIComponent for c# and after my 4 hour experiments I found this

c# CODE:

string a = "!@#$%^&*()_+ some text here али мамедов баку";
a = System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(a);
a = a.Replace("+", "%20");

the result is: !%40%23%24%25%5e%26*()_%2b%20some%20text%20here%20%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%20%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%b2%20%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%83

After you decode It with Javascript's decodeURLComponent();

you will get this: !@#$%^&*()_+ some text here али мамедов баку

Thank You for attention

Answer 4

System.Uri.EscapeUriString（）似乎没有做任何事情，但System.Uri.Escape Data String（）对我有用。

Answer 5

Try Server.UrlEncode() , or System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode() for instances when you don't have access to the Server object. You can also use System.Uri.EscapeUriString() to avoid adding a reference to the System.Web assembly.

Answer 6

For a Windows Store App, you won't have HttpUtility. Instead, you have:

For an URI, before the '?':

• System. Uri.EscapeUriString ("example.com/Stack Overflow++?")
  • -> "example.com/Stack%20Overflow++?"

For an URI query name or value, after the '?':

• System. Uri.EscapeDataString ("Stack Overflow++")
  • -> "Stack%20Overflow%2B%2B"

For a x-www-form-urlencoded query name or value, in a POST content:

• System.Net. WebUtility.UrlEncode ("Stack Overflow++")
  • -> "Stack+Overflow%2B%2B"

Answer 7

You can use the Server object in the System.Web namespace

Server.UrlEncode, Server.UrlDecode, Server.HtmlEncode, and Server.HtmlDecode.

Edit: poster added that this was a windows application and not a web one as one would believe. The items listed above would be available from the HttpUtility class inside System.Web which must be added as a reference to the project.