how to get data from url with jquery

Question

Is it possible to get data from an url with jquery

for example if you have www.test.com/index.html?id=1&name=boo

how to get id and name?

Answer 1

A simple one if you know the url always has id and name

var url = "www.test.com/index.html?id=1&name=boo";
var id = /id=(\d+)/.exec(url)[1];
var name = /name=(\w+)/.exec(url)[1];