How to Get Query String Parameters Values in JavaScript

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Answer: Use the URL API

You can simply use the URL API to get the parameters values from a query string (also called GET parameters or URL parameters) in JavaScript. The URL API is supported in all major modern browsers.

Let's assume we have a URL with query string or GET parameters as follows:

Now let's see how to retrieve the name and age parameters values from the above URL. To get the whole URL you can use the window.location.href property.

// Sample URL
var urlString = "https://www.example.com/page.html?name=john-clark&age=24";

// Creating URL object for the given URL
var url = new URL(urlString);

// Retrieving query string values
var name = url.searchParams.get("name");
console.log(name); // Prints: john-clark

var age = url.searchParams.get("age");
console.log(age); // Prints: 24

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