How can I add or update a query string parameter?

Question

With javascript how can I add a query string parameter to the url if not present or if it present, update the current value? I am using jquery for my client side development

Answer 1

Use this function to add, remove and modify query string parameter from URL based on jquery

/**
@param String url
@param object param {key: value} query parameter
*/
function modifyURLQuery(url, param){
    var value = {};

    var query = String(url).split('?');

    if (query[1]) {
        var part = query[1].split('&');

        for (i = 0; i < part.length; i++) {
            var data = part[i].split('=');

            if (data[0] && data[1]) {
                value[data[0]] = data[1];
            }
        }
    }

    value = $.extend(value, param);

    // Remove empty value
    for (i in value){
        if(!value[i]){
            delete value[i];
        }
    }

    // Return url with modified parameter
    if(value){
        return query[0] + '?' + $.param(value);
    } else {
        return query[0];
    }
}

Add new and modify existing parameter to url

var new_url = modifyURLQuery("http://google.com?foo=34", {foo: 50, bar: 45});
// Result: http://google.com?foo=50&bar=45

Remove existing

var new_url = modifyURLQuery("http://google.com?foo=50&bar=45", {bar: null});
// Result: http://google.com?foo=50