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

Query property in the NSURL will give the query string. Then you can parse the query string using componentsSeparatedByString

    NSArray *parameters = [[url query] componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"];

    NSMutableDictionary *keyValuePairs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

    for (NSString *eachParam in parameters)
    {
        NSArray *QryParts = [eachParam componentsSeparatedByString:@"="];
        if ( [QryParts count] == 2 )
        {
            keyValuePairs[QryParts[0]] = QryParts[1];
        }
        else
        {
            keyValuePairs[QryParts[0]] = QryParts[0];
        }
    }

NSString * name = [keyValuePairs valueForKey:@"name"];
NSString * username = [keyValuePairs valueForKey:@"username"];