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  dr1337

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  Get() return string with backslashes

  Apr 07, 2012 02:23 AM|LINK

  I've searched high and low and I cannot understand why my Get() method is returning a URI with backslashes. 

  The output I obtain from the code snippet below is:

  "http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10000\/devstoreaccount1\/ba0b9ee5-235e-4833-811c-4cd71bddb786"

  Can anybody suggest a way to return the URI without the extra backslashes? I can't believe such a simple problem has consumed hours of my time trying to find an answer to this.

  Thanks

  public string Get()
          {
              // Retrieve storage account from connection-string
              CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
                  RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue("StorageConnectionString"));
  
              // Create the blob client
              CloudBlobClient blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
  
              // Generates a GUID to uniquely identify the container per episode
              string guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
  
              // Retrieve a reference to a container
              CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference(guid);
  
              // Create the container if it doesn't already exist
              container.CreateIfNotExist();
  
              return container.Uri.AbsoluteUri;
          }

  
  
  

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  imran_ku07

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  Re: Get() return string with backslashes

  Apr 07, 2012 09:55 AM|LINK

  dr1337

  "http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10000\/devstoreaccount1\/ba0b9ee5-235e-4833-811c-4cd71bddb786"

  This is actually a correct JSON. This is reason why slash is escaped in JSON.

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  shahed.kazi

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  Re: Get() return string with backslashes

  Apr 11, 2012 02:34 AM|LINK

  Further to imran_ku07 response, you can perform a string.replace(url) to replace the backslashes.
  
  string url = "myurl\/";
  url.Replace(@"\", string.Empty);

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  raghuramn

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  Re: Get() return string with backslashes

  Apr 11, 2012 04:58 PM|LINK

  or if you are using webapi on the client side, you could do something like

  response.Content.ReadAsAsync<string>().Result

  
  
  

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  Darrel Mille...

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  Re: Get() return string with backslashes

  Apr 13, 2012 01:21 PM|LINK

  If you change your action method to look like this, then it will stop returning your string as application/json and return it as text/plain.

  public HttpResponseMessage Get()
          {
              ...
              return new HttpResponseMessage() { Content = new StringContent(container.Uri.AbsoluteUri) };
          }