I have an extension method for Uri that:
- Accepts anonymous objects:
uri.WithQuery(new { name = "value" })
- Accepts collections of
string/string pairs (e.g. Dictionary`2).
- Accepts collections of
string/object pairs (e.g. RouteValueDictionary).
- Accepts NameValueCollections.
- Sorts the query values by key so the same values produce equal URIs.
- Supports multiple values per key, preserving their original order.
The documented version can be found here.
The extension:
public static Uri WithQuery(this Uri uri, object values)
{
if (uri == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(uri));
if (values != null)
{
var query = string.Join(
"&", from p in ParseQueryValues(values)
where !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(p.Key)
let k = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p.Key.Trim())
let v = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(p.Value)
orderby k
select string.IsNullOrEmpty(v) ? k : $"{k}={v}");
if (query.Length != 0 || uri.Query.Length != 0)
uri = new UriBuilder(uri) { Query = query }.Uri;
}
return uri;
}
The query parser:
private static IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> ParseQueryValues(object values)
{
// Check if a name/value collection.
var nvc = values as NameValueCollection;
if (nvc != null)
return from key in nvc.AllKeys
from val in nvc.GetValues(key)
select new KeyValuePair<string, string>(key, val);
// Check if a string/string dictionary.
var ssd = values as IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>;
if (ssd != null)
return ssd;
// Check if a string/object dictionary.
var sod = values as IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>>;
if (sod == null)
{
// Check if a non-generic dictionary.
var ngd = values as IDictionary;
if (ngd != null)
sod = ngd.Cast<dynamic>().ToDictionary<dynamic, string, object>(
p => p.Key.ToString(), p => p.Value as object);
// Convert object properties to dictionary.
if (sod == null)
sod = new RouteValueDictionary(values);
}
// Normalize and return the values.
return from pair in sod
from val in pair.Value as IEnumerable<string>
?? new[] { pair.Value?.ToString() }
select new KeyValuePair<string, string>(pair.Key, val);
}
Here are the tests:
var uri = new Uri("https://stackoverflow.com/yo?oldKey=oldValue");
// Test with a string/string dictionary.
var q = uri.WithQuery(new Dictionary<string, string>
{
["k1"] = string.Empty,
["k2"] = null,
["k3"] = "v3"
});
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?k1&k2&k3=v3"));
// Test with a string/object dictionary.
q = uri.WithQuery(new Dictionary<string, object>
{
["k1"] = "v1",
["k2"] = new[] { "v2a", "v2b" },
["k3"] = null
});
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?k1=v1&k2=v2a&k2=v2b&k3"));
// Test with a name/value collection.
var nvc = new NameValueCollection()
{
["k1"] = string.Empty,
["k2"] = "v2a"
};
nvc.Add("k2", "v2b");
q = uri.WithQuery(nvc);
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?k1&k2=v2a&k2=v2b"));
// Test with any dictionary.
q = uri.WithQuery(new Dictionary<int, HashSet<string>>
{
[1] = new HashSet<string> { "v1" },
[2] = new HashSet<string> { "v2a", "v2b" },
[3] = null
});
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?1=v1&2=v2a&2=v2b&3"));
// Test with an anonymous object.
q = uri.WithQuery(new
{
k1 = "v1",
k2 = new[] { "v2a", "v2b" },
k3 = new List<string> { "v3" },
k4 = true,
k5 = null as Queue<string>
});
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?k1=v1&k2=v2a&k2=v2b&k3=v3&k4=True&k5"));
// Keep existing query using a name/value collection.
nvc = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(uri.Query);
nvc.Add("newKey", "newValue");
q = uri.WithQuery(nvc);
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?newKey=newValue&oldKey=oldValue"));
// Merge two query objects using the RouteValueDictionary.
var an1 = new { k1 = "v1" };
var an2 = new { k2 = "v2" };
q = uri.WithQuery(
new RouteValueDictionary(an1).Concat(
new RouteValueDictionary(an2)));
Debug.Assert(q == new Uri(
"https://stackoverflow.com/yo?k1=v1&k2=v2"));
