HttpUtility Class

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Provides methods for encoding and decoding HTML and URL strings.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Net..::.HttpUtility

Namespace:  System.Net
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

Public NotInheritable Class HttpUtility
public static class HttpUtility

The HttpUtility type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
HtmlDecode Converts a string that has been HTML-encoded (for HTTP transmission) into a decoded string.
HtmlEncode Converts a text string into an HTML-encoded string.
UrlDecode Converts a string that has been encoded for transmission in a URL into a decoded string.
UrlEncode Converts a text string into a URL-encoded string.

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Remarks

For more information, see the System.Web.HttpUtility class in the .NET Framework documentation.

Capabilities

If you use this API in your app, you must specify the following capabilities in the app manifest. Otherwise, your app might not work correctly or it might exit unexpectedly.

ID_CAP_NETWORKING

Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone OS 7.1

For more info, see App capabilities and hardware requirements for Windows Phone 8.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms

Windows Phone

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Net Namespace