remove url parameters with javascript or jquery

Question

I am trying to use the youtube data api to generate a video playlist.

However, the video urls require a format of:

youtube.com/watch?v=3sZOD3xKL0Y
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Answer 1

Simple:

var new_url = old_url.substring(0, old_url.indexOf('?'));

Modified: this will remove all parameters or fragments from url

var oldURL = [YOUR_URL_TO_REMOVE_PARAMS]
var index = 0;
var newURL = oldURL;
index = oldURL.indexOf('?');
if(index == -1){
    index = oldURL.indexOf('#');
}
if(index != -1){
    newURL = oldURL.substring(0, index);
}