Easily Convert URL Parameters to a JSON object in JavaScript

Problem:

I wanted to easily grab all url params and convert it to a json object. Many of my projects requires me to use querystrings, but is always a pain trying to parse it.

Solution:

Using location.search and regex, I’m able to achieve this easily. I wrapped it in a function so you can easily drop it into your projects.

function UrlParamsToJson(){
    var queryString = location.search.substring(1);
    var obj = {};

    if(queryString) {
        obj = JSON.parse('{"' + decodeURI(queryString)
                .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
                .replace(/&/g, '","')
                .replace(/=/g, '":"') + '"}');
    }

    return obj;
}

Hope this helps somebody. Onward!

References:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8648892/convert-url-parameters-to-a-javascript-object

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