How do I parse a URL query parameters, in Javascript? [duplicate]

Today (2.5 years after this answer) you can safely use Array.forEach. As @ricosrealm suggests, decodeURIComponent was used in this function. function getJsonFromUrl(url) { if(!url) url = location.search; var query = url.substr(1); var result = {}; query.split(“&”).forEach(function(part) { var item = part.split(“=”); result[item[0]] = decodeURIComponent(item[1]); }); return result; } actually it’s not that simple, see the … Read more