Get escaped URL parameter

Question

I\'m looking for a jQuery plugin that can get URL parameters, and support this search string without outputting the JavaScript error: \"malformed URI sequence\". If there is

Answer 1

You should not use jQuery for something like this!
The modern way is to use small reusable modules through a package-manager like Bower.

I've created a tiny module that can parse the query string into an object. Use it like this:

// parse the query string into an object and get the property
queryString.parse(unescape(location.search)).search;
//=> æøå