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

Use this function:

var getCleanUrl = function(url) {
  return url.replace(/#.*$/, '').replace(/\?.*$/, '');
};

// get rid of hash and params
console.log(getCleanUrl('https://sidanmor.com/?firstname=idan&lastname=mor'));

If you want all the href parts, use this:

var url = document.createElement('a');
url.href = 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=URL#search-results-close-container';

console.log(url.href); // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=URL#search-results-close-container
console.log(url.protocol); // https:
console.log(url.host); // developer.mozilla.org
console.log(url.hostname); // developer.mozilla.org
console.log(url.port); // (blank - https assumes port 443)
console.log(url.pathname); // /en-US/search
console.log(url.search); // ?q=URL
console.log(url.hash); // #search-results-close-container
console.log(url.origin); // https://developer.mozilla.org