Pass URL as get parameter?

Question

I'm trying to pass u url as parameter to a get method. I defined a route that accepts a {*url} parameter so I can send "/" characters without it separating my parameter. As soon as there is a ":" in the url (like in http: or localhost:3857 for example), the method never gets hit.

The Html.ActionLink method escapes it's parameter itself, but it doesn't seem to escape the ':'. I cannot escape it manually because then the escape characters get escaped by the very same Html.Actionlink method.

any ideas?

Answer 1

Use EncodeUrl before you pass it, and then decode it on the other side.

Answer 2

It's a bit of a hack, but you could replace the ':' with '%3A' (which is the escaped form), and see what the ActionLink does with it. If it's escaped once more, you'd have to replace the twice-escaped version back to ':' at the server, otherwise just replace '%3A' back to ':'