How do I get the un-decoded request URL under ASP.NET?

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My request URL is: http://domain.com/some/path%2Fescaped.

I want to retrieve this exact URL. I do NOT want it decoded, like http://domain.com/some/path/escaped; I want it encoded like http://domain.com/some/path%2Fescaped.

How do I get this URL? I have tried Request.Path, Request.RawUrl, Request.Url.AbsoluteUri, Request.Url.OriginalString...each provide the URL decoded, like http://domain.com/some/path/escaped.

I can get this in PHP with $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"].

Have a look at this thread. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/781596/asp-net-get-real-raw-url — Prashanth Thurairatnam, Apr 26 '12 at 23:15
try Server.URLEncode. but it will encode all special characters in URL — Prashanth Thurairatnam, Apr 26 '12 at 23:18
Unfortunately Server.UrlEncode encodes path separators as well. — Chad Johnson, Apr 26 '12 at 23:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 02 '14 at 17:48

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You need Request.Url.OriginalString;

edited Apr 02 '14 at 17:48

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '12 at 23:18

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I don't know if this is going to work or not, but have you already tried Server.URLDecode or Server.URLEncode?

answered Apr 26 '12 at 23:18

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Unfortunately this is a non-solution, as this encodes the entire URL, subsequently encoding all instances of "/", including actual path separators. – Chad Johnson Apr 26 '12 at 23:29

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 27 '12 at 00:28

Javascript call document.location.href should return the expected format. Here is a suggestion; Check if this works for you.

1) have a hidden variable

<input type="hidden" id="hdn" runat="server" />

2) Set hidden variable using javascript function

function setURL() {
        document.getElementById("hdn").value = document.location.href;
    }

3) on server side

Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(),
        "setURL", "setURL();", true);

4) read hidden variable value at server side (which is the URL in actual format)

hdn.Value

How do I get the un-decoded request URL under ASP.NET?

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