UrlEncode through a console application?

Question

Normally I would just use:

HttpContext.Current.Server.UrlEncode(\"url\");

But since this is a console application, HttpContext.Curren

Answer 1

Uri.EscapeUriString should not be used for escaping a string to be passed in a URL as it does not encode all characters as you might expect. The '+' is a good example which is not escaped. This then gets converted to a space in the URL since this is what it means in a simple URI. Obviously that causes massive issues the minute you try and pass something like a base 64 encoded string in the URL and spaces appear all over your string at the receiving end.

You can use HttpUtility.UrlEncode and add the required references to your project (and if you're communicating with a web application then I see no reason why you shouldn't do this).

Alternatively use Uri.EscapeDataString over Uri.EscapeUriString as explained very well here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34189188/7391