Encoding my string to send an http request via C#

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I am trying to send a simple HTTP request like this:

var client = new WebClient();                
string myString="this is the string i want to send";
message = client.DownloadString("http://www.viralheat.com/api/sentiment/review.xml?text=" + myString + "&api_key="+currentKey);

but some of the strings I send includes # or & or such characters, so I want to encode the string first before sending it, because it throws an error if it includes these special characters without being encoded.

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-01 15:38:14Z

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Call Uri.EscapeDataString.
Unlike HttpUtility, this works on the client profile too.

answered Nov 1, 2011 at 15:38

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Mike Marshall · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-01 15:36:34Z

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Use HttpUtility.UrlEncode

answered Nov 1, 2011 at 15:36

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