get url query string javascript code example

Example 1: javascript read query parameters

// example url: https://mydomain.com/?fname=johnny&lname=depp
const queryString = window.location.search;
console.log(queryString);
// ?fname=johnny&lname=depp

const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);

const firstName = urlParams.get('fname');
console.log(firstName);
// johnny

const lastName = urlParams.get('lname');
console.log(lastName);
// depp

Example 2: javascript get query parameter

function getUrlParameter(name) {
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, '\\[').replace(/[\]]/, '\\]');
    var regex = new RegExp('[\\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)');
    var results = regex.exec(location.search);
    return results === null ? '' : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, ' '));
};