How to convert map to url query string?

Question

Do you know of any utility class/library, that can convert Map into URL-friendly query string?

Example:

I have a map:

\"param1\"=12,
\"param2         


        

Answer 1

Personally, I'd go for a solution like this, it's incredibly similar to the solution provided by @rzwitserloot, only subtle differences.

This solution is small, simple & clean, it requires very little in terms of dependencies, all of which are a part of the Java Util package.

Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();

map.put("param1", "12");
map.put("param2", "cat");

String output = "someUrl?";
output += map.entrySet()
    .stream()
    .map(x -> x.getKey() + "=" + x.getValue() + "&")
    .collect(Collectors.joining("&"));

System.out.println(output.substring(0, output.length() -1));

Answer 2

Kotlin

mapOf(
  "param1" to 12,
  "param2" to "cat"
).map { "${it.key}=${it.value}" }
  .joinToString("&")

Answer 3

Using EntrySet and Streams:

map
  .entrySet()
  .stream()
  .map(e -> e.getKey() + "=" + e.getValue())
  .collect(Collectors.joining("&"));

Answer 4

For multivalue map you can do like below (using java 8 stream api's)

Url encoding has been taken cared in this.

MultiValueMap<String, String> params =  new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
String urlQueryString = params.entrySet()
            .stream()
            .flatMap(stringListEntry -> stringListEntry.getValue()
                    .stream()
                    .map(s -> UriUtils.encode(stringListEntry.getKey(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString()) + "=" +
                            UriUtils.encode(s, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString())))
            .collect(Collectors.joining("&"));

Answer 5

If you actually want to build a complete URI, try URIBuilder from Apache Http Compoments (HttpClient 4).

This does not actually answer the question, but it answered the one I had when I found this question.

Answer 6

I wanted to build on @eclipse's answer using java 8 mapping and reducing.

 protected String formatQueryParams(Map<String, String> params) {
      return params.entrySet().stream()
          .map(p -> p.getKey() + "=" + p.getValue())
          .reduce((p1, p2) -> p1 + "&" + p2)
          .map(s -> "?" + s)
          .orElse("");
  }

The extra map operation takes the reduced string and puts a ? in front only if the string exists.