jQuery query string traversal

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JavaScript query string
get querystring with jQuery

Is there an object/method in JavaScript to turn a string like this: param1=2&param2=1&param3=5 into some sort of dictionary, so that I can refer to each element as mystring['param1'] or mystring[0]?

Can jQuery help here?

See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/901115/get-querystring-with-jquery — Shog9, Jul 22 '09 at 02:42
Also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/647259/javascript-query-string — Shog9, Jul 22 '09 at 02:43
Oh, and: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/150404/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-read-manipulate-query-string-params-using-javascript — Shog9, Jul 22 '09 at 02:43
interesting that the question is duplicate but the solutions are different. so equal question but not identical content == != === — Elzo Valugi, Aug 20 '09 at 07:32
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/647259/javascript-query-string — Jesse Kochis, Jul 22 '09 at 02:52

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '09 at 08:58

this is my try.

var a = 'param1=2&param2=1&param3=5';
var b = a.split('&');
var final ={};
$.each(b, function(x,y){
    var temp = y.split('=');
    final[temp[0]] = temp[1];
});
console.log( final);

This returns an object like the dictionary that you needed:

{
    param1 : "2",
    param2 : "1",
    param3 : "5",
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '09 at 02:40

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There's a plugin for this. http://plugins.jquery.com/project/query-object - You can play with an online demo of it at : http://test.blairmitchelmore.com/jquery.query/?name=jonathan&age=26

There's also jqUrl, which allows you to call items form the query string like this:

$.jqURL.get('var2');

answered Jul 22 '09 at 02:40

Sampson

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While this is what I need, I think plugin is an overkill for such a simple problem. – niaher Jul 22 '09 at 14:52
That would depend on the size of the plugin. These aren't large. – Sampson Jul 22 '09 at 15:12

jQuery query string traversal

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