IE not liking URL variable?

Question

Hey guys, I have this quite simple script which works great on chrome & firefox. The idea is to nab "choice" value from the URL and proceed with the script. As mentioned other browsers work fine, but IE seems to have trouble with it.

Does anyone know a workaround? I don't want to just run the function on the previous page.

var url1 = "https://www.youtube.com";
var url2 = "http://ign.com";



function jukebox()

{

let params = (new URL(document.location)).searchParams;
let choice = params.get("choice");


      if ( choice == 1 )
     {        

               window.location=(url1);   

     }

       else if ( choice == 2 ) 
            {


               window.location=(url2);

            }

} 


jukebox();
redirect();

What version of IE and what error message do you get, if any? — zfrisch, Jul 17 '17 at 20:30
The URL API is not supported by IE: http://caniuse.com/#feat=url — jcaron, Jul 17 '17 at 20:32
no error, just blank page. It doesn't get past let params, if I use Document write on the urls before I can see them in the browser. PS I tried removing ('') and it doesn't help, thanks — Eelis Ewert, Jul 17 '17 at 20:35
Another good place to check if a function is supported on your browser is https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL — itslittlejohn, Jul 17 '17 at 20:39

Ethan · Answer 1 · 2017-07-17T20:44:32.367

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IE does not support searchParams but you could try writing your own parse function:

var params = {};
var str = document.location;
var start = str.indexOf("?");
document.write(start+"<br>")
start += str.slice(start).indexOf("choice=") + 7;
var end = start + str.slice(start).indexOf("&") + 1;
if (!end) end = str.length 
var choice = str.slice(start, end);

edited Jul 17 '17 at 20:44

answered Jul 17 '17 at 20:38

Ethan

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