Change url params string using JavaScript

Question

I want to remove some params from a URL string:

For Example:

I have a string like this:

var url = '/browse/102?color=red&type=car&rpp=10&ajax=1&change=1';

and an array like this:

var ignore = new Array("change","ajax");

Result:

/browse/102?color=red&type=car&rpp=10

What is the shortest and quickest way to achieve this?

there are many ways, but regular expressions will be your best choice. just write a function that does that using regular expressions. should be very few lines of code.. — Michal B.
– Michal B., Commented Mar 12, 2012 at 10:11

Just_Mad · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-12 10:30:14Z

2

What about a RegExp? Here is an example function:

var url = '/browse/102?color=red&type=car&rpp=10&a=mode&ajax=1&change=1&mode&test';
var ignore = new Array("change","ajax", "mode", "test"); 
alert(removeParams(url, ignore));

function removeParams(address, params)
{
    for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i++)
    {
       var reg = new RegExp("([\&\?]+)(" + params[i] + "(=[^&]+)?&?)", "g")
       address = address.replace(reg, function($0, $1) { return $1; });
    }
    return address.replace(/[&?]$/, "");
}

Edit: Moved to a separate function like Michal B. did.

edited Mar 12, 2012 at 10:30

answered Mar 12, 2012 at 10:15

Just_Mad

4,0853 gold badges24 silver badges31 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Awan Over a year ago

This is working good but I think there should be a small fix. If a param is repeated then it removes only one. For Example: example.com/index?cat10&change=1&change=0 is converted to example.com/index?cat10&change=0

Michal B. · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-12 10:21:00Z

1

Here jsfiddle example of a function that does that: http://jsfiddle.net/ANGsJ/1/
PS. I used the regex of Just_Mad, since mine was a bit uglier ;)

answered Mar 12, 2012 at 10:21

Michal B.

5,7177 gold badges45 silver badges71 bronze badges

4 Comments

Just_Mad Over a year ago

It fails on process('/browse/102?color=red&type=car&mode=2&rpp=10&ajax=1&change=1', ["mode"]);

Michal B. Over a year ago

What do you mean by it fails? Here you have an updated version. Just_Mad's regex removes too many characters (especially & and ?). Mine will not remove them at all, but it still should be a correct url: jsfiddle.net/ANGsJ/2 . If you have problems you can always adjust the regex.

Michal B. Over a year ago

And here you have a quick solution if you really want to have pretty urls: jsfiddle.net/ANGsJ/4

Just_Mad Over a year ago

Well, we just have a bit different view of the correct result :)

Nemoy · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-12 10:49:01Z

1

Here is a simple utility I use in my application to play around with URL. http://jsfiddle.net/gwB2C/

Simple to use:

var url_parser = new URLParser('/browse/102?color=red&type=car&rpp=10&ajax=1&change=1');
alert(url_parser.toString()); 
// result = "/browse/102?color=red&type=car&rpp=10&ajax=1&change=1"
url_parser.removeParams(["color", "type"]);
alert(url_parser.toString()); 
// result = "/browse/102?rpp=10&ajax=1&change=1"
url_parser.addParams({color:"green", test : 1});
alert(url_parser.toString()); 
// result = "/browse/102?rpp=10&ajax=1&change=1&color=green&test=1"

answered Mar 12, 2012 at 10:49

Nemoy

3,4471 gold badge17 silver badges14 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Change url params string using JavaScript

3 Answers 3

1 Comment

4 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

1 Comment

4 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related