How can I get query string values in JavaScript?
Is there a plugin-less way of retrieving query string values via jQuery (or without)?
If so, how? If not, is there a plugin which can do so?
Javascript
jQuery
- asked 9 years ago
- B Butts
2Answer
You don't need jQuery for that purpose. You can use just some pure JavaScript:
function getParameterByName(name, url) {
if (!url) url = window.location.href;
name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
var regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)"),
results = regex.exec(url);
if (!results) return null;
if (!results[2]) return '';
return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}
Usage:
// query string: ?foo=lorem&bar=&baz
var foo = getParameterByName('foo'); // "lorem"
var bar = getParameterByName('bar'); // "" (present with empty value)
var baz = getParameterByName('baz'); // "" (present with no value)
var qux = getParameterByName('qux'); // null (absent)
- answered 8 years ago
- Gul Hafiz
Without jQuery
var qs = (function(a) {
if (a == "") return {};
var b = {};
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i)
{
var p=a[i].split('=', 2);
if (p.length == 1)
b[p[0]] = "";
else
b[p[0]] = decodeURIComponent(p[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}
return b;
})(window.location.search.substr(1).split('&'));
With an URL like ?topic=123&name=query+string, the following will return:
qs["topic"]; // 123
qs["name"]; // query string
qs["nothere"]; // undefined (object)
Google method
Tearing Google's code I found the method they use: getUrlParameters
function (b) {
var c = typeof b === "undefined";
if (a !== h && c) return a;
for (var d = {}, b = b || k[B][vb], e = b[p]("?"), f = b[p]("#"), b = (f === -1 ? b[Ya](e + 1) : [b[Ya](e + 1, f - e - 1), "&", b[Ya](f + 1)][K](""))[z]("&"), e = i.dd ? ia : unescape, f = 0, g = b[w]; f < g; ++f) {
var l = b[f][p]("=");
if (l !== -1) {
var q = b[f][I](0, l),
l = b[f][I](l + 1),
l = l[Ca](/\+/g, " ");
try {
d[q] = e(l)
} catch (A) {}
}
}
c && (a = d);
return d
}
It is obfuscated, but it is understandable.
They start to look for parameters on the url from ? and also from the hash #. Then for each parameter they split in the equal sign b[f][p]("=") (which looks like indexOf, they use the position of the char to get the key/value). Having it split they check whether the parameter has a value or not, if it has they store the value of d, if not it just continue.
In the end the object d is returned, handling escaping and the + sign. This object is just like mine, it has the same behavior.
My method as a jQuery plugin
(function($) {
$.QueryString = (function(a) {
if (a == "") return {};
var b = {};
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i)
{
var p=a[i].split('=');
if (p.length != 2) continue;
b[p[0]] = decodeURIComponent(p[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}
return b;
})(window.location.search.substr(1).split('&'))
})(jQuery);
Usage
$.QueryString["param"]
Performance test (split method against regex method) (jsPerf)
Preparation code: methods declaration
Split test code
var qs = window.GetQueryString(query);
var search = qs["q"];
var value = qs["value"];
var undef = qs["undefinedstring"];
Regex test code
var search = window.getParameterByName("q");
var value = window.getParameterByName("value");
var undef = window.getParameterByName("undefinedstring");
Testing in Firefox 4.0 x86 on Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 x64
- Split method: 144,780 ±2.17% fastest
- Regex method: 13,891 ±0.85% | 90% slower
- answered 8 years ago
- Sandy Hook
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