Combining URL Paths

If you are like me, then you need to combine a base url path with another path to a web page or a service. Since base paths change often due to the application running from different environments, this is a common task. The .NET Framework provided use with a simple way of combining file paths, but not URL paths. This  could be a nice addition to the Uri type.

Here is an easy way to combine URL paths:

public static string CombineUrlPaths(string basePath, string pagePath)
{
   if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(basePath) || String.IsNullOrEmpty(pagePath))
   {
      throw new ArgumentNullException((basePath == null) ? "path1" : "path2");
    }
    if (pagePath[0] == char.Parse("/"))
   {
      pagePath = pagePath.Substring(1, pagePath.Length - 1);
    }
    var path = basePath[basePath.Length - 1] != char.Parse("/") ? 
               (String.Format("{0}/{1}", basePath, pagePath)) : (basePath + pagePath);
    return path;
}

Usage example:

CombineUrlPaths("http://dotnettips.com", "default.aspx");
CombineUrlPaths("http://dotnettips.com", "/default.aspx");
CombineUrlPaths("http://dotnettips.com/", "default.aspx");

Tip By: David McCarter