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Uri.AbsolutePath Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets the absolute path of the URI.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
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public string AbsolutePath { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String containing the absolute path to the resource.
Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

This instance represents a relative URI, and this property is valid only for absolute URIs.

The AbsolutePath property contains the path information that the server uses to resolve requests for information. Typically this is the path to the desired information on the server's file system, although it also can indicate the application or script the server must run to provide the information.

The path information does not include the scheme, host name, or query portion of the URI.

The following example writes the path /catalog/shownew.htm to the console.

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Uri baseUri = new Uri("http://www.contoso.com/");
 Uri myUri = new Uri(baseUri, "catalog/shownew.htm?date=today");

 Console.WriteLine(myUri.AbsolutePath);

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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The sample provided on this page is to me a bit vague. I sorted out the results between the AbsoluteUri and AbsolutePath properties of the Uri object. The outcome is as follows. Say you initialize a Uri object with the following URL:

var sampleUri = new Uri("http://www.koenzomers.nl/test/sample.aspx");

now the properties will return the following:

sampleUri.AbsoluteUri: "http://www.koenzomers.nl/test/sample.aspx"
sampleUri.AbsolutePath: "/test/sample.aspx"
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