Decode escaped Url without using HttpUtility.UrlDecode

Question

Is there any function that converts an escaped Url string to its unescaped form? System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode() can do that job but I don\'t want to add a r

Answer 1

If you are using .NET 4.0 or later, you can use WebUtility.UrlDecode which works with client profile and also correctly processes plus signs (see this discussion).

Answer 2

The Microsoft ACE team have an extended (and better) version of decode, in the Anti-XSS library. However I'm not sure if it just passes through.

(I don't see why you're that worried about the dependency on System.web.dll to be honest)