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

As full function:

+ (NSString *)getQueryComponentWithName:(NSString *)name  fromURL:(NSURL *)url{

NSString *component = nil;
if (url) {
    NSString *query = url.query;

    NSMutableDictionary *queryStringDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    NSArray *urlComponents = [query componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"];

    for (NSString *keyValuePair in urlComponents){

        NSArray *pairComponents = [keyValuePair componentsSeparatedByString:@"="];
        NSString *key = [[pairComponents firstObject] stringByRemovingPercentEncoding];
        NSString *value = [[pairComponents lastObject] stringByRemovingPercentEncoding];

        [queryStringDictionary setObject:value forKey:key];
    }

    component = [queryStringDictionary objectForKey:name];
}

return component;
}
[self getQueryComponentWithName:@"example" fromURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://google.es/?example=test"]];