Convert URL to json

Question

I can\'t seem to find an answer to this question.. How can I convert a URL parameters string to JSON in javascript? I mean to ask if there is an in-built function like this

Answer 1

You can create a method which will return JSON object

var params = getUrlVars('some=params&over=here');
console.log(params);

function getUrlVars(url) {
    var hash;
    var myJson = {};
    var hashes = url.slice(url.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
    for (var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
        hash = hashes[i].split('=');
        myJson[hash[0]] = hash[1];
        // If you want to get in native datatypes
        // myJson[hash[0]] = JSON.parse(hash[1]); 
    }
    return myJson;
}

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/jAGN5/