Pass URL as parameter to action method

Question

How can I pass an URL to another website as parameter to an action method? For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgkUKCwi30

Something like this won’t work:

http://localhost:61596/MyController/MyAction?Url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgkUKCwi30

Do I need to kind of encode the URL?

From where you want to send the parameter? View ??? how? Button/Links ? — Tushar Gupta
– Tushar Gupta, Commented Apr 27, 2015 at 10:27
Parameter is part of a menu item (used to build the application menu), stored in the database. The menu gets rendered in partial view using some custom HTML helpers. — musium
– musium, Commented Apr 27, 2015 at 10:50

Andrei · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-27 10:31:22Z

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You need to encode it, yes. There is a special utility for this, HttpServerUtility.UrlEncode:

string urlParam = Server.UrlEncode("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgkUKCwi30");

If in the view, you can also use UrlHelper.Encode:

Url.Encode("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgkUKCwi30")

answered Apr 27, 2015 at 10:27

Andrei

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