How to get the query parameters in Iron-router?

Question

I am trying to get the query parameters in the url.

There doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this...

which leaves me with the feeling that I must have missed a something in the doc.

Answer 1

Just call

Router.current().params //params is the dict you wanted

in Iron Router 7.1+

Answer 2

Interestingly three answers and no one offered the complete answer.

Iron-Router 1.0.x

From within a route, use:

// URL: http://example.com/page/?myquerykey=true
this.params.query   // returns the full query object
this.params.query.myquerykey   // returns a particular query value

Similarly, outside of the route (but still inside the client code), and inside your template, use:

// URL: http://example.com/page/?myquerykey=true
Router.current().params.query
Router.current().params.query.myquerykey

Query parameters, not to be confused with parameters passed via the URL.

Answer 3

iron router >= 1.0

A route's query parameters are available as properties of this.params.query.

If your URL looked like:

/posts/5?sort_by=created_at

then this.params.query.sort_by would equal 'created_at'.

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iron router < 1.0

A route's query parameters are available as properties of this.params.

If your URL looked like:

/posts/5?sort_by=created_at

then this.params.sort_by would equal 'created_at'.