Convert HTML query to normal string

Question

I have a webmethod and get my queryString with this code:

string name = "";
        int pos7 = context.Request.UrlReferrer.PathAndQuery.IndexOf("name");
        if (pos7 >= 0)
            name = context.Request.UrlReferrer.PathAndQuery.Substring(pos7 + 5);

The problem is the adresse "www.test.com?name=tiki song" will be end up in "tiki%20song" on my string.

How to avoid that?

(Yes I could replace the %20 to " " but there are a lot of more of that kind, right?"

Have you looked at HttpUtility.HtmlDecode or WebUtility.HtmlDecode — Mike, Oct 30 '13 at 19:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '13 at 19:44

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Consider using Uri.UnescapeDataString

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.uri.unescapedatastring.aspx

answered Oct 30 '13 at 19:44

LuFaMa

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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As per this previous you could create a URI and extract it using "UnescapeDataString" (post). Referencing this MSDN page.

Or alternatively, you can use some of the HtmlDecode methods as MikeBarkemeyer had mentioned in the comments.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Oct 30 '13 at 19:43

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Convert HTML query to normal string

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