How can I parse HTTP urls in C#?

Question

My requirement is to parse Http Urls and call functions accordingly. In my current implementation, I am using nested if-else statement which i think is not an optimized way.

Answer 1

I combined the split in Suncat2000's answer with string splitting to get at interesting features of the URL. I am passing in a full Uri including https: etc. from another page as the navigation argument e.Parameter:

Uri playlistUri = (Uri)e.Parameter;
string youtubePlaylistUnParsed = playlistUri.Query;
char delimiterChar = '=';
string[] sections = youtubePlaylistUnParsed.Split(delimiterChar);
string YoutubePlaylist = sections[1];

This gets me the playlist in the PLs__ etc. form for use in the Google APIs.