Url Encoding in MVC

Question

I am confused about what is supposed to be encoded and when and when it gets decoded. For example:

           <%=Html.ActionLink("Login","Login",
            new {controller="Account", returnUrl=HttpContext.Current.Request.RawUrl})%>

on the login page the address will be as follows:

            /Account/Login?returnUrl=%2FPreviousDirectory

suddenly this will not take me back after filling in credentials and instead takes me to root directory. however, it was working fine before.

My question is regarding the "%2F". Is this the default behavior or did I mess something up? Does this need to be decoded?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:55:41Z

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This answer should show you how to do it.

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answered Dec 2, 2009 at 19:47

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