How do I remove "https" from my embedded link

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Hi folks, I need to remove https from my embedded link.

At the moment the link is created like this:

https://tyrescanner.net/pages/Activation.aspx

Which does not work I need the link to be like this:

tyrescanner.net/pages/Activation.aspx

My code so far:

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<a href = '" + VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("//tyrescanner.net/pages/Activation.aspx") + "?ActivationCode=" + ActivationCode + "'>Click here to activate your account.</a>";

Posted 28-Jun-15 4:04am

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Updated 28-Jun-15 6:04am

Frankie-C

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Jun-15 10:54am

First of all, why?
—SA

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Solution 4

You should better use System.Uri class. Create an instance with string parameter representing your URI, which will parse the string into URI components, such as Scheme, Host, and so on:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.uri%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

For understanding the components of URI, please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme[^],
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.uri%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

This is the example of parsing it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#Examples[^].

This way, you can remove or replace some fragment, such as scheme name "https", but it would be much better if you think how to avoid using strings representing data instead of data itself.

—SA

Posted 28-Jun-15 4:53am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Jun-15 11:15am

Ah, I forgot this one, it would remove the need of protocol itself. Upvoted.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Jun-15 11:16am

Thank you, Afzaal.
By the way, this part, "https" is called "scheme name". It has the same name as protocol, in low case, but the name in general case does not have to be the name of a protocol.
For example, there is not "mailto" protocol, but there is such a URI scheme name: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2368.
—SA

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Jun-15 11:37am

Thank you for correcting me. :)

Solution 1

Remove it by replacing it with an empty string,

C#

string url = "<https://example.net/...>";
string urlToUse = url.Replace("https://", ""); // empty string

urlToUse would now have the URL that you want to use.

Posted 28-Jun-15 4:15am

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Updated 28-Jun-15 4:35am

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Jun-15 10:42am

You are not going to embed anything in your code, instead you are going to update the code. Like this,


body += string.Format("<a href='{0}'>Click here to activate your account</a>", url.Replace("https://", ""));

This would return the hyperlink with the text, without HTTPS protocol in the beginning.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Jun-15 10:56am

This is just string manipulation, which will of course work. But it's better to use System.Uri where everything is done.
Please see Solution 4.
—SA

Solution 3

Hi Afzaal Ahmad Zeesha,do you mean like this?

body += string.Format("Click here to activate your account", url.Replace("https://", "tyrescanner.net/pages/Activation.aspx""));

Posted 28-Jun-15 4:50am

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Jun-15 11:14am

No, remove the tyrescanner thing. Then try again.

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F-ES Sitecore · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-28T04:22:00

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<a href = 'http:/" + VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("//tyrescanner.net/pages/Activation.aspx") + "?ActivationCode=" + ActivationCode + "'>Click here to activate your account.</a>";

However ToAbsolute is not supposed to include a domain name, so you should ToAbsolute the "/pages/Activation.aspx" then add the http://domain at the start.

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