javascript url add query parameter code example

Example 1: javascript add update query parameter to url

function update_query_parameters(key, val) {
   uri = window.location.href
      .replace(RegExp("([?&]"+key+"(?=[=&#]|$)[^#&]*|(?=#|$))"), "&"+key+"="+encodeURIComponent(val))
      .replace(/^([^?&]+)&/, "$1?");
   return uri;
}
// examples: the following may update ?page=4 in url and redirects to 
window.location.href = update_query_parameters('page', '4);

Example 2: js add query param

function setParam(uri, key, val) {
    return uri
        .replace(RegExp("([?&]"+key+"(?=[=&#]|$)[^#&]*|(?=#|$))"), "&"+key+"="+encodeURIComponent(val))
        .replace(/^([^?&]+)&/, "$1?");
}