Encoding of URL paramaters

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I got a page that is a callback page, when the user gets redirected to my page I hash the parameters and check if it is valid. My problem is when myParameter contains characters like å, ä and ö. If I change myParameter to "same value with åäö" in the controller, then it works.

I believe it has something to do with encodings, and I have looked at several solutions with conversion of encoding, but none of them have solved my problem.

You got any bright ideas?

public ActionResult MyCallback(string myParameter, string myMAC)
{
    // This works...
    myParameter = "same value with åäö";

    if(Hash(myParameter + mySecrect).Equals(myMAC))
    {
        // Valid.
    }

    return View();
}

Johan Olsson · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-11 08:23:51Z

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I solved it by getting the parameter from the URL and decode it myself.

Regex regex = new Regex(@"foo=(.*?)(&|\z)");
string myFooParameter = regex.Match(Request.RawUrl).Groups[1].Value;
myFooParameter = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(myFooParameter, Encoding.GetEncoding(28591));

edited Oct 11, 2010 at 8:23

answered Oct 1, 2010 at 7:08

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Hector Correa · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-30 01:59:42Z

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Are you sure the problem is now with your Hash routine?

Can you calculate the Hash with the problematic value outside of MVC?

answered Sep 30, 2010 at 1:59

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