node.js with express how to remove the query string from the url

Question

I have a button that is performing a get to my page and adding a filter to the query string. My code applies that filter to the grid...but the user can remove/edit that fil

Answer 1

// load built-in utilities for URL resolution and parsing
var url = require('url');

function removeQueryString(url){

  // split url into distinct parts
  // (full list: https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_parse_urlstr_parsequerystring_slashesdenotehost)
  var obj = url.parse(url);

  // remove the querystring
  obj.search = obj.query = "";

  // reassemble the url
  return url.format(obj);

}