javascript get querystring [duplicate]

Question

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obtaining querystring from current url in javascript?

I was to get everything after the question mark in the url. Ive seen a way to do it that does not require a function but cannot find it for the life of me.

url

fsdhfbsdfj/index.html?hello

get

hello

Answer 1

Use

var query = window.location.search;

If you want to get rid of the starting "?", use

var query = window.location.search.slice(1);

The properties of the location object are described here.