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

A Swift 2 approach:

extension NSURL {

  var queryDictionary: [String: String] {
    var queryDictionary = [String: String]()
    guard let components = NSURLComponents(URL: self, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false), queryItems = components.queryItems else { return queryDictionary }
    queryItems.forEach { queryDictionary[$0.name] = $0.value }
    return queryDictionary
  }

}

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