URL-encode a URL

Question

Is there a .NET encoding method I could use to encode a URL to be passed within a URL parameter?

For example say I have:

url_of_interest = "http://asdf.asdf/asdf.htm"

and I want to include this as one (1) URL form parameter when I do an upload to a web-application:

http://mywebservice/upload?url=<<encoded URL here>>

Answer 1

System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode

Answer 2

HttpUtility.UrlEncode

The UrlEncode() method can be used to encode the entire URL, including query-string values. If characters such as blanks and punctuation are passed in an HTTP stream, they might be misinterpreted at the receiving end. URL encoding converts characters that are not allowed in a URL into character-entity equivalents; URL decoding reverses the encoding. For example, when embedded in a block of text to be transmitted in a URL, the characters < and > are encoded as %3c and %3e.

Answer 3

HttpServerUtility.UrlEncode should do the trick:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zttxte6w.aspx

Answer 4

You should use MS Anti XSS library's

AntiXss.UrlEncode method

The AntiXSS library can be downloaded from the following location

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=051EE83C-5CCF-48ED-8463-02F56A6BFC09&amp;displaylang=en