Receiving HTML-encoded values from asp.net mvc web api

Question

I'm fairly new to MVC web api, and trying to get POST requests to process properly. It's mostly working, but string values are HTML-encoded. I thought this would be handled automatically, and I find no way to do this manually.

Here is the ajax request:

    $.ajax({
        url: '/api/PulseStudies/UpdateTask',
        type: 'POST',
        data: { 'userID': userid, 'taskID': CurExamTaskID, 'comment': comment, 'complete': complete },
        async: true,
...

Here is the server-side API:

[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage UpdateTask(TaskResponse value)
{
    Tasks.UpdateTask(value.userID, value.taskID, value.comment, value.complete);
    return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NoContent);
}

public class TaskResponse
{
    public int userID { get; set; }
    public long taskID { get; set; }
    public string comment { get; set; }
    public bool complete { get; set; }
}

The comment value is HTML-encoded, e.g., "blah%20blah". How do I get a properly decoded value?

Dave Bush · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-03 23:34:05Z

1

I believe you mean it is UrlEncoded. On the server side you want HttpServerUtility.UrlDecode() http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6196h3wt(v=vs.110).aspx to get it back.

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 23:34

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