How to use ip address as url in config file in visual studio?

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When I use ip address with port number as url value in my config file I am getting the following error

C#

System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported

But this is working fine when I use a website like "http://www.google.com"
What I have to use to make this ip url format supported...

What I have tried:

PFB is the config file I tried on

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="baseURL" value="https://192.168.0.33:6060" />
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

Posted 30-May-16 20:06pm

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu

Updated 1-Jun-16 4:03am

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Richard MacCutchan 31-May-16 3:18am

Where and when does the exception occur, and what is the code doing at that point?

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 31-May-16 3:23am

The exception is happening immediately after I execute the code

Richard MacCutchan 31-May-16 3:41am

What code? Please understand that we cannot see your screen or read your mind. Without the full details of what is happening there is no way we can begin to make any suggestions.

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 31-May-16 4:52am

ok, above given is my config file. I am calling that url in the below code

public static string BaseUrl
{get
{return System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["baseURL"];}
}
But its giving me the exception. This is working fine when I use a domain url eg: www.google.com

Richard MacCutchan 31-May-16 5:43am

I have just tried it and it works fine. I can only assume that the exception is actually occurring somewhere else. Can I suggest you use your debugger to check the exact line of code that throws the exception, then edit your question and show the code you find.

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 31-May-16 6:37am

I debugged the script, its working fine now, Thanks a lot

Mehdi Gholam 31-May-16 4:43am

try http://...

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 31-May-16 4:49am

Still the same, no change

koolprasad2003 31-May-16 8:44am

Its not error due to web.config, I guess. This error come when you are deal with web service or web client object, Can you post your code so that we can help you better in order to resolve it

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 5:55am

When I run my test with http://www.google.com, its working fine but when I use http://192.168.2.234:6060 I am getting "System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported"

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 5:58am

I wasnt able to attach a screenshot of the code as well as error. Can I contact you in any other way say email or skype..

Richard MacCutchan 1-Jun-16 10:02am

Yesterday you said this was working, but now you say it is not. Having looked at your messages below, I can see that there is a lot of information that you did not show us yesterday.

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 7:14am

if (driver == null) { startTime = DateTime.Now; string fileTime = string.Format("{0:MM-dd-yyyy} {1}\\", startTime, BaseUrl.Replace("https://", "").Replace("http://", "").Replace("www", "").Replace(".", "").Replace("com", "").ToUpper()); newFolder = "\\\\192.168.2.234\\I\\Result\\" + fileTime; results = folder + string.Format("BuildResults_{0:MM-dd-yy h-mm-ss}.html", DateTime.Now); NameDownloadFolder(); stringResults.Add(""); if (!Directory.Exists(folder)) {DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(folder)} DirectoryInfo dirp = Directory.CreateDirectory(downloadFolder);

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 7:15am

In the above code I am getting "An exception of type 'System.NotSupportedException' occurred in mscorlib.dll but was not handled in user code Additional information: The given path's format is not supported." in the debug mode on "DirectoryInfo dirp = directory.CreateDirectory(folder)"

koolprasad2003 1-Jun-16 7:21am

which directory you want to create ? what is in your 'folder' variable ?

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 7:23am

it will have a html page which has the test result.

koolprasad2003 1-Jun-16 7:25am

you want to create directory right ? so your path should be proper, Please post what is the value of that variable ?

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 7:28am

string fileTime = string.Format("{0:MM-dd-yyyy} {1}\\", startTime, BaseUrl.Replace("https://", "").Replace("http://", "").Replace("www", "").Replace(".", "").Replace("com", "").ToUpper());
folder = "\\\\192.168.2.234\\I\\Automated Test Result\\" + fileTime;
results = folder + string.Format("BuildResults_{0:MM-dd-yy h-mm-ss}.html", DateTime.Now);
File.WriteAllText(@results, String.Empty);

koolprasad2003 1-Jun-16 8:06am

I think you got some wrong path in 'fileTime' variable, as per the windows rule, following characters are not allowed in directory name
< (less than)
> (greater than)
: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 8:26am

When I give my url as http://www.google.com, the same path is working fine but not when I give my url as http://192.168.2.234:6060

Richard Deeming 1-Jun-16 11:40am

Because you're not removing the ":" character from the port number.

With "http://www.google.com", you remove "http://", "www", "." and "com", which gives you the string "google".

With "http://192.168.2.234:6060", you remove "http://" and ".", which gives you a final string of "1921682234:6060".

As Prasad said, Windows paths cannot contain a ":" character.

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 2-Jun-16 2:46am

Yes you guys are right. Its working fine now....
Thanks a lot for your help....

Dineshbabu Uvarajulu 1-Jun-16 7:25am

if I comment out that Directory stuff, the test is working fine but I wont get my result report.

2 solutions

Solution 1

Try using the WebConfigurationManager class.
see below snippet
my web config is as follows

XML

<configuration>
   ....
   <appSettings>
      <add key="PFUserName" value="myusername"/>
      <add key="PFPassWord" value="mypassword"/>
   </appSettings>
   ....
</configuration>

read it

C#

string userName = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PFUserName"]

Posted 1-Jun-16 0:22am

koolprasad2003

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-01T04:03:00

Solution 2

C#

string fileTime = string.Format("{0:MM-dd-yyyy} {1}\\", startTime, BaseUrl.Replace("https://", "").Replace("http://", "").Replace("www", "").Replace(".", "").Replace("com", "").ToUpper());

Writing statements like that is just asking for trouble.

Posted 1-Jun-16 4:03am

Richard MacCutchan

Updated 1-Jun-16 4:05am

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