To most people’s surprise, there is not a standard way of accessing query string parameters from JavaScript without first having to parse the query string. Some frameworks and libraries have implemented ways of doing this, but it is not always the case. For example, the ever so popular jQuery has not implemented this, but rather lets you accomplish this with plugins.<\/p>\n
There are a ton of ways of doing this, and you can find many very complicated approaches on Stack Overflow and where not. However, instead of giving you a very complicated solution that will work in many edge use cases, I will provide you with a very simple and easy to understand approach that works for most use cases. If you need something fancier, you can of course continue your search, but this will be sufficient in most cases.<\/p>\n
So, enough words – let’s see some code!<\/p>\n
function qs(name) {\r\n var query = window.location.search.substring(1); \/\/ Remove question mark\r\n var parameters = query.split('&');\r\n\r\n for (var i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {\r\n var pair = parameters[i].split('=');\r\n\r\n if (pair[0] == name) {\r\n return pair[1];\r\n }\r\n }\r\n\r\n return null;\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n