HtmlTextWriter.EncodeUrl(String) Method

Definition

Performs minimal URL encoding by converting spaces in the specified URL to the string "%20".

C#
protected string EncodeUrl(string url);

Parameters

url
String

A string containing the URL to encode.

Returns

A string containing the encoded URL.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to call the EncodeUrl method to convert any spaces in the URL that is passed as a parameter in an AddAttribute method call.

C#
// If an <anchor> element is rendered and an href
// attribute has not been defined, call the AddAttribute
// method to add an href attribute
// and set it to http://www.cohowinery.com.
// Use the EncodeUrl method to convert any spaces to %20.
if (TagKey == HtmlTextWriterTag.A)
{
    if (!IsAttributeDefined(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Href))
    {
        AddAttribute("href", EncodeUrl("http://www.cohowinery.com"));
    }
}

Remarks

URL encoding of a character consists of a percent symbol (%), followed by the two-digit hexadecimal representation (case-insensitive) of the ISO-Latin code point for the character. The hexadecimal representation of a space is 20.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also