Rails: Converting URL strings to params?

Question

I know Rails does this for you, but I have a need to do this myself for examples. Is there a simple, non-private method available that takes a string and returns the hash of params exactly as Rails does for controllers?

Answer 1

Using Rack::Utils.parse_nested_query(some_string) will give you better results since CGI will convert all the values to arrays.

Answer 2

I found a way after a more intense Google search.

To convert url string to params:

hash = CGI::parse(some_string)

And (as bonus) from hash back to url string:

some_string = hash.to_query

Thanks to: https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/69428