Web/API/URL/searchParams

The searchParams readonly property of the URL interface returns a URLSearchParams object allowing access to the GET decoded query arguments contained in the URL.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

const urlSearchParams = url.searchParams

Value

A URLSearchParams object.

Examples

If the URL of your page is https://example.com/?name=Jonathan%20Smith&age=18 you could parse out the name and age parameters using:

let params = (new URL(document.location)).searchParams;
let name = params.get('name'); // is the string "Jonathan Smith".
let age = parseInt(params.get('age')); // is the number 18

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
URLThe definition of 'searchParams' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
searchParams	Chrome Full support 51	Edge Full support 17	Firefox Full support 29	IE No support No	Opera Full support 38	Safari Full support 10	WebView Android Full support 51	Chrome Android Full support 51	Firefox Android Full support 29	Opera Android Full support 41	Safari iOS Full support 10	Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0

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URL.searchParams by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.