From 3a9bf0b80c6824ee41f22280743e50d640fdc32d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leMicin <lemire.yanic@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 18:21:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issues with some specific characters inside the Url.
 Custom scripts will need to update the previous xurl_ logic.

---
 .../Extensions/StringExtensions.cs            | 55 ++++---------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Sidekick.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs b/src/Sidekick.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
index b7c079f4..89883694 100644
--- a/src/Sidekick.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Sidekick.Common/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -34,32 +34,6 @@ public static string DecodeBase64(this string input)
         return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(input));
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Encode a string for URL transfer
-    /// </summary>
-    public static string EncodeUrl(this string input)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
-        {
-            return input;
-        }
-
-        return HttpUtility.UrlEncode(input);
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Decodes a Url Encodeded String
-    /// </summary>
-    public static string DecodeUrl(this string input)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
-        {
-            return input;
-        }
-
-        return HttpUtility.UrlDecode(input);
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     ///     Encode a string in Base64 for URL transfer
     /// </summary>
@@ -70,12 +44,11 @@ public static string DecodeUrl(this string input)
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (input.HasInvalidUrlCharacters())
-        {
-            return $"xurl_{input.EncodeBase64().EncodeUrl()}";
-        }
-
-        return input;
+        var url = input.EncodeBase64();
+        url = url.Replace('+', '-')
+            .Replace('/', '_')
+            .Replace('=', '.');
+        return $"base64_{url}";
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -88,21 +61,17 @@ public static string DecodeUrl(this string input)
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (!input.StartsWith("xurl_"))
+        if (!input.StartsWith("base64_"))
         {
             return input;
         }
 
-        var substr = input.Substring(5);
-        return DecodeUrl(substr).DecodeBase64();
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Indicates if the string has invalid characters
-    /// </summary>
-    public static bool HasInvalidUrlCharacters(this string input)
-    {
-        return input.EncodeUrl() != input;
+        var url = input.Substring(7)
+            .Replace('-', '+')
+            .Replace('_', '/')
+            .Replace('.', '=');
+        url = url.DecodeBase64();
+        return url;
     }
 
     public static int GetDeterministicHashCode(this string str)