It is solved now
The problem was that I thought getParameterByName() was a defined function, but it is not the case so you need to add this function:
function getParameterByName( name ){
name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
if( results == null )
return "";
else
return decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}
I hope it helps newbies like me...
I need to receive a variable from the url and, if the user clicks on a button, then send it to another page. To do so, I have got the following code:
html
<input type="button" id="login-button" onclick="factura_si()" value="Yes"/>
Javascript
function factura_si() {
var n = getParameterByName('n');
var string_url = "https://www.webpage.php?" + "&n=" + n;
window.location = string_url;
}
When I use this script, the button does not redirect to the location. Is there something wrong with it?
The function
factura_si() {
var n = getParameterByName('n');
document.write(n);
}
returns nothing... But if I change the parameter 'n' by a random chain of letters 'grniegor', the button shows the chain.
Try setting window.location.href:
window.location.href = string_url;
window.location is an object describing the location of the current page. Setting it's href property causes the page to jump to the new url.
I probe this code and it works, if this does not work for you.
You can check the development tools, maybe the problem is elsewhere.
<input type="button" id="login-button" onclick="factura_si()" value="Yes"/>
the Js functions
function factura_si() {
var n = getParameterByName('n');
var string_url = "https://www.webpage.php?" + "&n=" + n;
window.location = string_url;
}
function getParameterByName(n) {
//call server or somthing...
return "somo_path";
}
I want to extract a part of a website address and append it to an other link.
Example: website.com/abc123 --> otherwebsite.com/abc123
Is there an easy way to do this?
I'm new to JavaScript
function returnNewAdress(adr, ows) {
return ows + adr.substring(adr.indexOf("/"), adr.length);
}
returnNewAdress("website.com/abc123", "otherwebsite.com");
function OtherURL(What) {
NewURL='otherwebsite.com';
return NewURL+'\/'+What.substring(What.lastIndexOf('\/'));
}
It's unclear in what environment the function should run.
In node.js you could do this:
var transformUrl = function (url, newDomain) {
if (! url.match(/https?:\/\//i)) {
// prepend URL with protocol if missing
url = "http://" + url;
}
return newDomain + require("url").parse(url).path;
};
// can be called like this:
// this will return 'otherwebsite.com/abc123'
transformUrl("website.com/abc123", "otherwebsite.com");
transformUrl("http://website.com/abc123", "otherwebsite.com");
In jQuery how can I check if a user is visiting a particular direct id link url?
For example:
http://mydomain.com/#foo
I this case, I like to check for foo.
Would love something like:
if(jQuery.urlHasHash("foo")) {
//logic here
}
No need for jQuery, your browser gives you all you need with document.location.hash
If you want to check if such an ID exists on your page:
var hash = document.location.hash.replace(/^#/, '');
if (document.location.hash != '' && document.getElementById(hash) {
// or just: $(document.location.hash)
// ...
}
Try this Demo http://jsfiddle.net/7QceB/
This might fit your needs :)
Code
$(function(){
//var href = location.href; // get the url
var href = "http://mydomain.com/#foo"; // example url
var split = href.split("#"); // split the string; usually there'll be only one # in an url so there'll be only two parts after the splitting
var afterSplit = "Error parsing url";
if(split[1] != null){
afterSplit = split[1];
}
// If everything went well shows split[1], if not then de default error message is shown
alert(afterSplit);
});
Try my jsFiddle : jsFiddle here
// it might be from browser & / anywhere else
var url = "http://mydomain.com/#foo";
url = url.split('#').pop().split('?').pop();
var page = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
console.log(page); // foo
or just
var url = "http://mydomain.com/#foo";
var page = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1); // #foo
After you can use if statement to know if (page == "foo")
Just wondering if there is anything built-in to Javascript that can take a Form and return the query parameters, eg: "var1=value&var2=value2&arr[]=foo&arr[]=bar..."
I've been wondering this for years.
The URLSearchParams API is available in all modern browsers. For example:
const params = new URLSearchParams({
var1: "value",
var2: "value2",
arr: "foo",
});
console.log(params.toString());
//Prints "var1=value&var2=value2&arr=foo"
2k20 update: use Josh's solution with URLSearchParams.toString().
Old answer:
Without jQuery
var params = {
parameter1: 'value_1',
parameter2: 'value 2',
parameter3: 'value&3'
};
var esc = encodeURIComponent;
var query = Object.keys(params)
.map(k => esc(k) + '=' + esc(params[k]))
.join('&');
For browsers that don't support arrow function syntax which requires ES5, change the .map... line to
.map(function(k) {return esc(k) + '=' + esc(params[k]);})
If you're using jQuery you might want to check out jQuery.param() http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.param/
Example:
var params = {
parameter1: 'value1',
parameter2: 'value2',
parameter3: 'value3'
};
var query = $.param(params);
console.log(query);
This will print out:
parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2¶meter3=value3
This doesn't directly answer your question, but here's a generic function which will create a URL that contains query string parameters. The parameters (names and values) are safely escaped for inclusion in a URL.
function buildUrl(url, parameters){
var qs = "";
for(var key in parameters) {
var value = parameters[key];
qs += encodeURIComponent(key) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value) + "&";
}
if (qs.length > 0){
qs = qs.substring(0, qs.length-1); //chop off last "&"
url = url + "?" + qs;
}
return url;
}
// example:
var url = "http://example.com/";
var parameters = {
name: "George Washington",
dob: "17320222"
};
console.log(buildUrl(url, parameters));
// => http://www.example.com/?name=George%20Washington&dob=17320222
Create an URL object and append the values to seachParameters
let stringUrl = "http://www.google.com/search";
let url = new URL(stringUrl);
let params = url.searchParams;
params.append("q", "This is seach query");
console.log(url.toString());
The output will be
http://www.google.com/search?q=This+is+seach+query
With jQuery you can do this by $.param
$.param({ action: 'ship', order_id: 123, fees: ['f1', 'f2'], 'label': 'a demo' })
// -> "action=ship&order_id=123&fees%5B%5D=f1&fees%5B%5D=f2&label=a+demo"
ES2017 (ES8)
Making use of Object.entries(), which returns an array of object's [key, value] pairs. For example, for {a: 1, b: 2} it would return [['a', 1], ['b', 2]]. It is not supported (and won't be) only by IE.
Code:
const buildURLQuery = obj =>
Object.entries(obj)
.map(pair => pair.map(encodeURIComponent).join('='))
.join('&');
Example:
buildURLQuery({name: 'John', gender: 'male'});
Result:
"name=John&gender=male"
querystring can help.
So, you can
const querystring = require('querystring')
url += '?' + querystring.stringify(parameters)
No, I don't think standard JavaScript has that built in, but Prototype JS has that function (surely most other JS frameworks have too, but I don't know them), they call it serialize.
I can reccomend Prototype JS, it works quite okay. The only drawback I've really noticed it it's size (a few hundred kb) and scope (lots of code for ajax, dom, etc.). Thus if you only want a form serializer it's overkill, and strictly speaking if you only want it's Ajax functionality (wich is mainly what I used it for) it's overkill. Unless you're careful you may find that it does a little too much "magic" (like extending every dom element it touches with Prototype JS functions just to find elements) making it slow on extreme cases.
If you don't want to use a library, this should cover most/all of the same form element types.
function serialize(form) {
if (!form || !form.elements) return;
var serial = [], i, j, first;
var add = function (name, value) {
serial.push(encodeURIComponent(name) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value));
}
var elems = form.elements;
for (i = 0; i < elems.length; i += 1, first = false) {
if (elems[i].name.length > 0) { /* don't include unnamed elements */
switch (elems[i].type) {
case 'select-one': first = true;
case 'select-multiple':
for (j = 0; j < elems[i].options.length; j += 1)
if (elems[i].options[j].selected) {
add(elems[i].name, elems[i].options[j].value);
if (first) break; /* stop searching for select-one */
}
break;
case 'checkbox':
case 'radio': if (!elems[i].checked) break; /* else continue */
default: add(elems[i].name, elems[i].value); break;
}
}
}
return serial.join('&');
}
You can do that nowadays with FormData and URLSearchParams without the need to loop over anything.
const formData = new FormData(form);
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(formData);
const queryString = searchParams.toString();
Older browsers will need a polyfill, though.
Might be a bit redundant but the cleanest way i found which builds on some of the answers here:
const params: {
key1: 'value1',
key2: 'value2',
key3: 'value3',
}
const esc = encodeURIComponent;
const query = Object.keys(params)
.map(k => esc(k) + '=' + esc(params[k]))
.join('&');
return fetch('my-url', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
body: query,
})
Source
I'm not entirely certain myself, I recall seeing jQuery did it to an extent, but it doesn't handle hierarchical records at all, let alone in a php friendly way.
One thing I do know for certain, is when building URLs and sticking the product into the dom, don't just use string-glue to do it, or you'll be opening yourself to a handy page breaker.
For instance, certain advertising software in-lines the version string from whatever runs your flash. This is fine when its adobes generic simple string, but however, that's very naive, and blows up in an embarrasing mess for people whom have installed Gnash, as gnash'es version string happens to contain a full blown GPL copyright licences, complete with URLs and <a href> tags. Using this in your string-glue advertiser generator, results in the page blowing open and having imbalanced HTML turning up in the dom.
The moral of the story:
var foo = document.createElement("elementnamehere");
foo.attribute = allUserSpecifiedDataConsideredDangerousHere;
somenode.appendChild(foo);
Not:
document.write("<elementnamehere attribute=\""
+ ilovebrokenwebsites
+ "\">"
+ stringdata
+ "</elementnamehere>");
Google need to learn this trick. I tried to report the problem, they appear not to care.
You don't actually need a form to do this with Prototype. Just use Object.toQueryString function:
Object.toQueryString({ action: 'ship', order_id: 123, fees: ['f1', 'f2'], 'label': 'a demo' })
// -> 'action=ship&order_id=123&fees=f1&fees=f2&label=a%20demo'
I know this is very late answer but works very well...
var obj = {
a:"a",
b:"b"
}
Object.entries(obj).map(([key, val])=>`${key}=${val}`).join("&");
note: object.entries will return key,values pairs
output from above line will be a=a&b=b
Hope its helps someone.
Happy Coding...
The UrlSearchParams API is a great suggestion, but I can't believe nobody mentioned the incredibly useful .get and .set methods. They can be used to manipulate the query string and not only they're very easy to use, they also solve a number of issues you might encounter. For example, in my case I wanted to build a query string without duplicate keys. .set solves this problem for you. Quoting from the MDN docs:
URLSearchParams.set()
Sets the value associated with a given search parameter to the given value. If there are several values, the others are deleted.
Example (from MDN):
let url = new URL('https://example.com?foo=1&bar=2');
let params = new URLSearchParams(url.search);
// Add a third parameter
params.set('baz', 3);
params.toString(); // "foo=1&bar=2&baz=3"
Alternative, shorter syntax:
let url = new URL('https://example.com?foo=1&bar=2');
// Add a third parameter
url.searchParams.set('baz', 3);
url.searchParams.toString(); // "foo=1&bar=2&baz=3"
As Stein says, you can use the prototype javascript library from http://www.prototypejs.org.
Include the JS and it is very simple then, $('formName').serialize() will return what you want!
For those of us who prefer jQuery, you would use the form plugin: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/form, which contains a formSerialize method.
Is is probably too late to answer your question.
I had the same question and I didn't like to keep appending strings to create a URL. So, I started using $.param as techhouse explained.
I also found a URI.js library that creates the URLs easily for you. There are several examples that will help you: URI.js Documentation.
Here is one of them:
var uri = new URI("?hello=world");
uri.setSearch("hello", "mars"); // returns the URI instance for chaining
// uri == "?hello=mars"
uri.setSearch({ foo: "bar", goodbye : ["world", "mars"] });
// uri == "?hello=mars&foo=bar&goodbye=world&goodbye=mars"
uri.setSearch("goodbye", "sun");
// uri == "?hello=mars&foo=bar&goodbye=sun"
// CAUTION: beware of arrays, the following are not quite the same
// If you're dealing with PHP, you probably want the latter…
uri.setSearch("foo", ["bar", "baz"]);
uri.setSearch("foo[]", ["bar", "baz"]);`
These answers are very helpful, but i want to add another answer, that may help you build full URL.
This can help you concat base url, path, hash and parameters.
var url = buildUrl('http://mywebsite.com', {
path: 'about',
hash: 'contact',
queryParams: {
'var1': 'value',
'var2': 'value2',
'arr[]' : 'foo'
}
});
console.log(url);
You can download via npm https://www.npmjs.com/package/build-url
Demo:
;(function () {
'use strict';
var root = this;
var previousBuildUrl = root.buildUrl;
var buildUrl = function (url, options) {
var queryString = [];
var key;
var builtUrl;
var caseChange;
// 'lowerCase' parameter default = false,
if (options && options.lowerCase) {
caseChange = !!options.lowerCase;
} else {
caseChange = false;
}
if (url === null) {
builtUrl = '';
} else if (typeof(url) === 'object') {
builtUrl = '';
options = url;
} else {
builtUrl = url;
}
if(builtUrl && builtUrl[builtUrl.length - 1] === '/') {
builtUrl = builtUrl.slice(0, -1);
}
if (options) {
if (options.path) {
var localVar = String(options.path).trim();
if (caseChange) {
localVar = localVar.toLowerCase();
}
if (localVar.indexOf('/') === 0) {
builtUrl += localVar;
} else {
builtUrl += '/' + localVar;
}
}
if (options.queryParams) {
for (key in options.queryParams) {
if (options.queryParams.hasOwnProperty(key) && options.queryParams[key] !== void 0) {
var encodedParam;
if (options.disableCSV && Array.isArray(options.queryParams[key]) && options.queryParams[key].length) {
for(var i = 0; i < options.queryParams[key].length; i++) {
encodedParam = encodeURIComponent(String(options.queryParams[key][i]).trim());
queryString.push(key + '=' + encodedParam);
}
} else {
if (caseChange) {
encodedParam = encodeURIComponent(String(options.queryParams[key]).trim().toLowerCase());
}
else {
encodedParam = encodeURIComponent(String(options.queryParams[key]).trim());
}
queryString.push(key + '=' + encodedParam);
}
}
}
builtUrl += '?' + queryString.join('&');
}
if (options.hash) {
if(caseChange)
builtUrl += '#' + String(options.hash).trim().toLowerCase();
else
builtUrl += '#' + String(options.hash).trim();
}
}
return builtUrl;
};
buildUrl.noConflict = function () {
root.buildUrl = previousBuildUrl;
return buildUrl;
};
if (typeof(exports) !== 'undefined') {
if (typeof(module) !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
exports = module.exports = buildUrl;
}
exports.buildUrl = buildUrl;
} else {
root.buildUrl = buildUrl;
}
}).call(this);
var url = buildUrl('http://mywebsite.com', {
path: 'about',
hash: 'contact',
queryParams: {
'var1': 'value',
'var2': 'value2',
'arr[]' : 'foo'
}
});
console.log(url);
var params = { width:1680, height:1050 };
var str = jQuery.param( params );
console.log(str)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Remove undefined params 💪😃
urlParams = obj =>{
const removeUndefined = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj))
const result = new URLSearchParams(removeUndefined).toString();
return result ? `?${result}`: '';
}
console.log(urlParams({qwe: undefined, txt: 'asd'})) // '?txt=asd'
console.log(urlParams({qwe: undefined})) // ''