URL Parameters as Objects

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Creates an object containing the parameters of the current URL.

A vanilla JavaScript function to create an object out of URL parameters.

1// add the function
2const getURLParameters = (url) =>
3  (url.match(/([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))/g) || []).reduce(
4    (a, v) => (
5      (a[v.slice(0, v.indexOf('='))] = v.slice(v.indexOf('=') + 1)), a
6    ),
7    {}
8  )
9  
10// call the function
11getURLParameters(window.location.toLocaleString())
12 
13// example
14getURLParameters('http://example.com/page?id=1234&name=Bob');
15// {id: '1234', name: 'Bob'}

The above is just a simple example of getting the URL parameters and returning them as an object. In this example we are:

Use String.prototype.match() with an appropriate regular expression to get all key-value pairs.

Use Array.prototype.reduce() to map and combine them into a single object.

Pass window.location.toLocaleString() as the argument to apply to the current url.

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URL Parameters as Objects