What's the equivalent of Path.GetDirectory()...

[mick]

....for a web address.


Given
http://podcasts.mysite.com/podcasts/latest/latestepisode.mp3

how do I get

http://podcasts.mysite.com/podcasts/latest/

I actually tried using Path.GetDirectory() but ended up with

http:\\podcasts.mysite.com\\podcasts\\latest\\

This is for a C# WPF app.

mick

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

...for a web address.

Given
http://podcasts.mysite.com/podcasts/latest/latestepisode.mp3

how do I get
http://podcasts.mysite.com/podcasts/latest/

I actually tried using Path.GetDirectory() but ended up with

http:\\podcasts.mysite.com\\podcasts\\latest\\

This is for a C# WPF app.

I don't think there is anything builtin for this as URL's are
fundamentally not files.

What would you expect from:

http://podcasts.mysite.com/podcasts/latest/latestepisode.mp3/foo/bar?id-123

?



So LastIndexOf seems as good or as bad as any other solution.

Arne

 

[mick]

I don't think there is anything builtin for this as URL's are
fundamentally not files.

What would you expect from:

http://podcasts.mysite.com/podcasts/latest/latestepisode.mp3/foo/bar?id-123

?

To be honest I don't know anything about webby stuff so I don't know what to
expect
I just assumed (hoped) there would be something similar in the web part of the
API.

So LastIndexOf seems as good or as bad as any other solution.

Okidoke, thanks for your reply.

mick

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

To be honest I don't know anything about webby stuff so I don't know
what to expect
I just assumed (hoped) there would be something similar in the web part
of the API.

Full file names can be decomposed in:

drive (or host name for UNC)
directory
simple file name

URL's can be decomposed in:

protocol
optional username and password
host name
optional port number
path
optional query

Simply different.

..NET do have classes and methods to decompose a URL.

Arne

 

[Nick Hounsome]

UriBuilder class might help - it will at least split the URI parts

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

UriBuilder class might help - it will at least split the URI parts

The Uri also have some basic methods.

But that does not help much if the problem is not well defined.

Arne