Parse and modify a query string in .NET Core

Question

I am given an absolute URI that contains a query string. I\'m looking to safely append a value to the query string, and change an existing parameter.

I would prefer

Answer 1

This function return Dictionary and does not use Microsoft.xxx for compatibility

Accepts parameter encoding in both sides

Accepts duplicate keys (return last value)

var rawurl = "https://emp.com/some/path?key1.name=a%20line%20with%3D&key2=val2&key2=valdouble&key3=&key%204=44#book1";
var uri = new Uri(rawurl);
Dictionary queryString = ParseQueryString(uri.Query);

// queryString return:
// key1.name, a line with=
// key2, valdouble
// key3, 
// key 4, 44

public Dictionary ParseQueryString(string requestQueryString)
{
    Dictionary rc = new Dictionary();
    string[] ar1 = requestQueryString.Split(new char[] { '&', '?' });
    foreach (string row in ar1)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(row)) continue;
        int index = row.IndexOf('=');
        if (index < 0) continue;
        rc[Uri.UnescapeDataString(row.Substring(0, index))] = Uri.UnescapeDataString(row.Substring(index + 1)); // use Unescape only parts          
     }
     return rc;
}