Best way to parse URL string to get values for keys?

Question

I need to parse a URL string like this one:

&ad_eurl=http://www.youtube.com/video/4bL4FI1Gz6s&hl=it_IT&iv_logging_level=3&ad_flags=0&ends         


        

Answer 1

For iOS8 and above using NSURLComponents :

+(NSDictionary *)queryParametersFromURL:(NSURL *)url {
    NSURLComponents *urlComponents = [NSURLComponents componentsWithURL:url resolvingAgainstBaseURL:NO];
    NSMutableDictionary *queryParams = [NSMutableDictionary new];
    for (NSURLQueryItem *queryItem in [urlComponents queryItems]) {
        if (queryItem.value == nil) {
            continue;
        }
        [queryParams setObject:queryItem.value forKey:queryItem.name];
    }
    return queryParams;
}

For iOS 8 below:

+(NSDictionary *)queryParametersFromURL:(NSURL *)url    
    NSMutableDictionary * parameters = [NSMutableDictionary new];
    [self enumerateKeyValuePairsFromQueryString:url.query completionblock:^(NSString *key, NSString *value) {
        parameters[key] = value;
    }];
    return parameters.copy;
}

- (void)enumerateKeyValuePairsFromQueryString:(NSString *)queryString completionBlock:(void (^) (NSString *key, NSString *value))block {
    if (queryString.length == 0) {
        return;
    }
    NSArray *keyValuePairs = [queryString componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"];
    for (NSString *pair in keyValuePairs) {
        NSRange range = [pair rangeOfString:@"="];
        NSString *key = nil;
        NSString *value = nil;

        if (range.location == NSNotFound) {
            key = pair;
            value = @"";
        }
        else {
            key = [pair substringToIndex:range.location];
            value = [pair substringFromIndex:(range.location + range.length)];
        }

        key = [self decodedStringFromString:key];
        key = key ?: @"";

        value = [self decodedStringFromString:value];
        value = value ?: @"";

        block(key, value);
    }
}

+ (NSString *)decodedStringFromString:(NSString *)string {
    NSString *input = shouldDecodePlusSymbols ? [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"+" withString:@" " options:NSLiteralSearch range:NSMakeRange(0, string.length)] : string;
    return [input stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
}