Append values to query string

Question

I have set of URL\'s similar to the ones below in a list

• http://somesite.com/backup/lol.php?id=1&server=4&location=us
• http://somesite.com/news

Answer 1

I've wrapped Darin's answer into a nicely reusable extension method.

public static class UriExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Adds the specified parameter to the Query String.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="url"></param>
    /// <param name="paramName">Name of the parameter to add.</param>
    /// <param name="paramValue">Value for the parameter to add.</param>
    /// <returns>Url with added parameter.</returns>
    public static Uri AddParameter(this Uri url, string paramName, string paramValue)
    {
        var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(url);
        var query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(uriBuilder.Query);
        query[paramName] = paramValue;
        uriBuilder.Query = query.ToString();

        return uriBuilder.Uri;
    }
}

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

You could use the HttpUtility.ParseQueryString method and an UriBuilder which provides a nice way to work with query string parameters without worrying about things like parsing, url encoding, ...:

string longurl = "http://somesite.com/news.php?article=1&lang=en";
var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(longurl);
var query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(uriBuilder.Query);
query["action"] = "login1";
query["attempts"] = "11";
uriBuilder.Query = query.ToString();
longurl = uriBuilder.ToString();
// "http://somesite.com:80/news.php?article=1&lang=en&action=login1&attempts=11"