MatrixDotNetLib/Scripts/URL entity parser.linq

<Query Kind="Program">
  <Namespace>System.Net</Namespace>
</Query>

void Main()
{
	string pattern = @"\{([A-Za-z]+)\}";
	
	Regex rgx = new Regex(pattern);
	
	string source = @"/_matrix/client/r0/user/{userId}/rooms/{roomId}/account_data/{type}";
	
	MatrixApiEntities entities = new MatrixApiEntities()
	{
		UserId = "claire",
		RoomId = "boobs",
		Type = "private",
		Tags = "dummy"
	};
	
	foreach (Match match in rgx.Matches(source))
	{
		string replace = match.Value;
		string prop = UpperFirst(match.Groups[1].Value);
		
		// check if property exists in entity list
		try
		{
			// get value of property through GetType().GetProperty().GetValue()
			string entityValue = entities.GetType().GetProperty(prop).GetValue(entities).ToString();
			// return URL with entities replaced and URL-encoded
			source = WebUtility.UrlEncode(source.Replace(replace,entityValue));
		}
		catch
		{
			// shit broke
		}
		
	}
	
	Console.WriteLine(source);
}

public string UpperFirst(string s)
{
	// Check for empty string.
	if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
	{
		return string.Empty;
	}
	// Return char and concat substring.
	return char.ToUpper(s[0]) + s.Substring(1);
}

// Define other methods and classes here
public class MatrixApiEntities
{
	public string DeviceId { get; set; }
	public string EventId { get; set; }
	public string EventType { get; set; }
	public string FileName { get; set; }
	public string FilterId { get; set; }
	public string Kind { get; set; }
	public string MediaId { get; set; }
	public string NetworkId { get; set; }
	public string ReceiptType { get; set; }
	public string RoomAlias { get; set; }
	public string RoomId { get; set; }
	public string RoomIdOrAlias { get; set; }
	public string RuleId { get; set; }
	public string Scope { get; set; }
	public string ServerName { get; set; }
	public string StateKey { get; set; }
	public string Tags { get; set; }
	public string TxnId { get; set; }
	public string Type { get; set; }
	public string UserId { get; set; }
}