Refactor the code not to use Absolute Paths or URIs

Question

My C# WIndows Forms Application has some menu links which point out to web URIs. But now my SonarQube Scan is giving me this error/warning(S1075) to refactor my code. So what would be the safe/best way to use web URI inside C# backend code.

private void HelpDocMenu_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{           
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("https://docs.google.com/document/d/142SFA/edit?usp=sharing");
}

SonarQube Error

S1075 Refactor your code not to use hardcoded absolute paths or URIs

Answer 1

You have three options:

1. To ignore it:

private void HelpDocMenu_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{       
   #pragma warning disable S1075 // URIs should not be hardcoded    
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("https://docs.google.com/document/d/142SFA/edit?usp=sharing");
   #pragma warning restore S1075 // URIs should not be hardcoded
}

2. To have a temporary variable like this:

private void HelpDocMenu_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{           
    var url = "https://docs.google.com/document/d/142SFA/edit?usp=sharing";
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(url);
}

3. To put it in your configuration file, some settings.json.

Third option is the recommended one.