[removed].search query as JSON

Question

Is there a better way to convert a URL\'s location.search as an object? Maybe just more efficient or trimmed down? I\'m using jQuery, but pure JS can work too.

Answer 1

My approach, simple and clean

var params = "?q=Hello World&c=Awesome";

params = "{\"" + 
         params
         .replace( /\?/gi, "" )
         .replace( /\&/gi, "\",\"" )
         .replace( /\=/gi, "\":\"" ) +
         "\"}";
  
params = JSON.parse( params );

alert( decodeURIComponent( params.q ) );
alert( decodeURIComponent( params.c ) );