How do I decode a URL parameter using C#?

string decodedUrl = Uri.UnescapeDataString(url)

or

string decodedUrl = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(url)

Url is not fully decoded with one call. To fully decode you can call one of this methods in a loop:

private static string DecodeUrlString(string url) {
    string newUrl;
    while ((newUrl = Uri.UnescapeDataString(url)) != url)
        url = newUrl;
    return newUrl;
}

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