Uri.EscapeUriString Method

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Converts a URI string to its escaped representation.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Public Shared Function EscapeUriString ( _
    stringToEscape As String _
) As String
public static string EscapeUriString(
    string stringToEscape
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
A String that contains the escaped representation of stringToEscape.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

stringToEscape is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

UriFormatException

The length of stringToEscape exceeds 32766 characters.

Remarks

The EscapeUriString method converts all characters, except RFC 3986 reserved and unreserved characters, to their hexadecimal representation. All Unicode characters are converted to UTF-8 format before being escaped.

This method assumes that stringToEscape has no escape sequences in it.

The string is escaped according to RFC 3986. See this RFC for a definition of reserved and unreserved characters.

Use the EscapeUriString method to prepare an unescaped URI string to be a parameter to the Uri constructor.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms

Windows Phone

See Also

Reference

Uri Class

System Namespace