Obtaining current URL - when the URL includes a query string with multiple values

Question

I've noticed that whatever method I use for obtaining the current requests URL, the query string ampersands are always encoded.

Request.RawUrl
Request.Url
HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri

Will always produce encoded results (notice the &):

/Controller/View?arg1=weffe&amp;arg2=wefwe&amp;arg3=wefewge
http://domain/Controller/View?arg1=weffe&amp;arg2=wefwe&amp;arg3=wefewge
http://domain/Controller/View?arg1=weffe&amp;arg2=wefwe&amp;arg3=wefewge

How do I ensure the returned URL is not encoded in this fashion, and appears as such:

/Controller/View?arg1=weffe&arg2=wefwe&arg3=wefewge
http://domain/Controller/View?arg1=weffe&arg2=wefwe&arg3=wefewge

Any help much appreciated - I'm sure I've missed something obvious here!

Are you sure that your incoming Url is actually arg1=www&arg2=eee? Check out what browser actually navigates/requests. — Alexei Levenkov
– Alexei Levenkov, Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 19:55
@AlexeiLevenkov - Yes, the incoming url is definitely as written. — dazbradbury
– dazbradbury, Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 22:37

Giscard Biamby · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08 19:50:30Z

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Is the URL actually encoded, or are you outputting it to the browser, and the output in the browser is encoded? If this is the case you can fix by using @Html.Raw(url) to bypass MVC's auto HTML encoding.

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 19:50

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Chad Ruppert Over a year ago

This is why i asked my question. Good call.

dazbradbury Over a year ago

Thanks, I knew it would be something simple, but for some reason I couldn't find out what was needed! SO Saves the day again...!

Adilson de Almeida Jr · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08 20:17:58Z

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Print your url without encoding it with:

@Html.Raw(Request.Url)

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 20:17

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