[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

In case someone is looking just to access the search query parameters, use this function:

function getQueryStringValue (key)
{
    return decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.replace(new RegExp("^(?:.*[&\\?]" + encodeURIComponent(key).replace(/[\.\+\*]/g, "\\$&") + "(?:\\=([^&]*))?)?.*$", "i"), "$1"))
}

Easy to use just call getQueryStringValue(term)