How to get URL parameter using jQuery or plain JavaScript?

Question

I have seen lots of jQuery examples where parameter size and name are unknown.

My URL is only going to ever have 1 string:

http://example.com?sent=ye         


        

Answer 1

I hope this will help.

 <script type="text/javascript">
   function getParameters() {
     var searchString = window.location.search.substring(1),
       params = searchString.split("&"),
       hash = {};

     if (searchString == "") return {};
     for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
       var val = params[i].split("=");
       hash[unescape(val[0])] = unescape(val[1]);
     }

     return hash;
   }

    $(window).load(function() {
      var param = getParameters();
      if (typeof param.sent !== "undefined") {
        // Do something.
      }
    });
</script>

Answer 2

I use this and it works. http://codesheet.org/codesheet/NF246Tzs

function getUrlVars() {
    var vars = {};
    var parts = window.location.href.replace(/[?&]+([^=&]+)=([^&]*)/gi, function(m,key,value) {
    vars[key] = value;
    });
return vars;
}


var first = getUrlVars()["id"];

Answer 3

Or you can use this neat little function, because why overcomplicated solutions?

function getQueryParam(param, defaultValue = undefined) {
    location.search.substr(1)
        .split("&")
        .some(function(item) { // returns first occurence and stops
            return item.split("=")[0] == param && (defaultValue = item.split("=")[1], true)
        })
    return defaultValue
}

which looks even better when simplified and onelined:

tl;dr one-line solution

var queryDict = {};
location.search.substr(1).split("&").forEach(function(item) {queryDict[item.split("=")[0]] = item.split("=")[1]})

result:
queryDict['sent'] // undefined or 'value'

But what if you have got encoded characters or multivalued keys?

You better see this answer: How can I get query string values in JavaScript?

Sneak peak

"?a=1&b=2&c=3&d&e&a=5&a=t%20e%20x%20t&e=http%3A%2F%2Fw3schools.com%2Fmy%20test.asp%3Fname%3Dståle%26car%3Dsaab"
> queryDict
a: ["1", "5", "t e x t"]
b: ["2"]
c: ["3"]
d: [undefined]
e: [undefined, "http://w3schools.com/my test.asp?name=ståle&car=saab"]

> queryDict["a"][1] // "5"
> queryDict.a[1] // "5"

Answer 4

Yet another alternative function...

function param(name) {
    return (location.search.split(name + '=')[1] || '').split('&')[0];
}

Answer 5

Best solution here.

var getUrlParameter = function getUrlParameter(sParam) {
    var sPageURL = window.location.search.substring(1),
        sURLVariables = sPageURL.split('&'),
        sParameterName,
        i;

    for (i = 0; i < sURLVariables.length; i++) {
        sParameterName = sURLVariables[i].split('=');

        if (sParameterName[0] === sParam) {
            return sParameterName[1] === undefined ? true : decodeURIComponent(sParameterName[1]);
        }
    }
};

And this is how you can use this function assuming the URL is,
http://dummy.com/?technology=jquery&blog=jquerybyexample.

var tech = getUrlParameter('technology');
var blog = getUrlParameter('blog');

Answer 6

function GetRequestParam(param)
{
	var res = null;
	try{
		var qs = decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.substring(1));//get everything after then '?' in URI
		var ar = qs.split('&');
		$.each(ar, function(a, b){
			var kv = b.split('=');
			if(param === kv[0]){
				res = kv[1];
				return false;//break loop
			}
		});
	}catch(e){}
	return res;
}