Helper functions to help in URL encoding and Decoding

UrlEncodeDecode.ps1

#
# Typically the standard practice during HTTP communication requires you to encode, certain characters that are not allowed 
# in the URI naming convention. System.Web.HttpUtility class has methods to help you conver these characters to the encoded 
# format. Here's a helper function in powershell. 
#


[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web") | Out-Null

function EncodeUrl( [string] $URL )
{
  $Encode = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($URL)
  return $Encode
}

function DecodeEncodedUrl( [string] $EncURL )
{
  $Decode = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlDecode($EncURL)
  return $Decode
}

# Example Usage:
# $res = EncodeUrl "https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/tag/vimal-shekar/"
# DecodeEncodedUrl $res
#
# Example
# Encoded URL - Http%3a%2f%2fwww.hotmail.com for http://www.hotmail.com