ASP.NET Web Api and UrlDecode

Question

Is this a bug in the framework?

I have to use HttpUtility.UrlDecode here. I thought things were automatically decoded in MVC.

    public Thingy[] Get(string id)
    {
        var actualId = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(id ?? string.Empty);

        var result = MakeThingy(actualId );
        return result;
    }

I should be able to just do this ...

    public Thingy[] Get(string id)
    {
        var result = MakeThingy(id ?? string.Empty);
        return result;
    }

marcind · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-22 22:51:18Z

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It's a known bug. We'll fix it for the next release.

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 22:51

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Antony Scott Over a year ago

please excuse my ignorance, but are you the PM for ASP.NET-Web-Api? I've noticed you've answered a few of my related question in a very authoritative manner :)

marcind Over a year ago

Not the PM, but one of the developers (on both MVC and Web API). I try to make it clear in my SO profile: stackoverflow.com/users/358970/marcind

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