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

You can use a Stream for this, but instead of appending query parameters myself I'd use a Uri.Builder. For example:

final Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("param1", "cat");
map.put("param2", "12");

final Uri uri = 
    map.entrySet().stream().collect(
        () -> Uri.parse("relativeUrl").buildUpon(),
        (builder, e) -> builder.appendQueryParameter(e.getKey(), e.getValue()),
        (b1, b2) -> { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); }
    ).build();

//Or, if you consider it more readable...
final Uri.Builder builder = Uri.parse("relativeUrl").buildUpon();
map.entrySet().forEach(e -> builder.appendQueryParameter(e.getKey(), e.getValue())
final Uri uri = builder.build();

//...    

assertEquals(Uri.parse("relativeUrl?param1=cat&param2=12"), uri);

Answer 2

Here's something that I quickly wrote; I'm sure it can be improved upon.

import java.util.*;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class MapQuery {
    static String urlEncodeUTF8(String s) {
        try {
            return URLEncoder.encode(s, "UTF-8");
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(e);
        }
    }
    static String urlEncodeUTF8(Map<?,?> map) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (Map.Entry<?,?> entry : map.entrySet()) {
            if (sb.length() > 0) {
                sb.append("&");
            }
            sb.append(String.format("%s=%s",
                urlEncodeUTF8(entry.getKey().toString()),
                urlEncodeUTF8(entry.getValue().toString())
            ));
        }
        return sb.toString();       
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<String,Object>();
        map.put("p1", 12);
        map.put("p2", "cat");
        map.put("p3", "a & b");         
        System.out.println(urlEncodeUTF8(map));
        // prints "p3=a+%26+b&p2=cat&p1=12"
    }
}

Answer 3

I think this is better for memory usage and performance, and I want to send just the property name when the value is null.

public static String toUrlEncode(Map<String, Object> map) {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    map.entrySet().stream()
            .forEach(entry
                    -> (entry.getValue() == null
                    ? sb.append(entry.getKey())
                    : sb.append(entry.getKey())
                            .append('=')
                            .append(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getValue().toString(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))
                    .append('&')
            );
    sb.delete(sb.length() - 1, sb.length());
    return sb.toString();
}

Answer 4

This is the solution I implemented, using Java 8 and org.apache.http.client.URLEncodedUtils. It maps the entries of the map into a list of BasicNameValuePair and then uses Apache's URLEncodedUtils to turn that into a query string.

List<BasicNameValuePair> nameValuePairs = params.entrySet().stream()
   .map(entry -> new BasicNameValuePair(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()))
   .collect(Collectors.toList());

URLEncodedUtils.format(nameValuePairs, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));

Answer 5

I found a smooth solution using java 8 and polygenelubricants' solution.

parameters.entrySet().stream()
    .map(p -> urlEncodeUTF8(p.getKey()) + "=" + urlEncodeUTF8(p.getValue()))
    .reduce((p1, p2) -> p1 + "&" + p2)
    .orElse("");