Replace host in Uri

c# .net uri
Rasmus Faber picture Rasmus Faber · Jan 26, 2009 · Viewed 29.2k times · Source

What is the nicest way of replacing the host-part of an Uri using .NET?

I.e.:

string ReplaceHost(string original, string newHostName);
//...
string s = ReplaceHost("http://oldhostname/index.html", "newhostname");
Assert.AreEqual("http://newhostname/index.html", s);
//...
string s = ReplaceHost("http://user:pass@oldhostname/index.html", "newhostname");
Assert.AreEqual("http://user:pass@newhostname/index.html", s);
//...
string s = ReplaceHost("ftp://user:pass@oldhostname", "newhostname");
Assert.AreEqual("ftp://user:pass@newhostname", s);
//etc.

System.Uri does not seem to help much.

Answer

Ishmael picture Ishmael · Jan 26, 2009

System.UriBuilder is what you are after...

string ReplaceHost(string original, string newHostName) {
    var builder = new UriBuilder(original);
    builder.Host = newHostName;
    return builder.Uri.ToString();
}

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