How to get URL Parameters using JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 26 Dec, 2023

In this article, we will learn how to get the URL parameters in Javascript, along with understanding their implementation through the examples.

For getting the URL parameters, there are 2 ways:

Table of Content

Using the URLSearchParams Object
Separating and accessing each parameter pair

Method 1: Using the URLSearchParams Object

The URLSearchParams is an interface used to provide methods that can be used to work with a URL.
The URL string is first separated to get only the parameters portion of the URL. The split() method is used on the given URL with the “?” separator.
It will separate the string into 2 parts. The second part is selected with only the parameters. It is then passed to the URLSearchParams constructor.
The entries() method of this object returns an iterator with the key/value pairs.
The key part of the pair can then be retrieved by accessing the first index of the pair and the value can be retrieved by accessing the second index.
This can be used to get all the parameters in the URL which can be used as required.

Syntax:

let paramString = urlString.split('?')[1];
let queryString = new URLSearchParams(paramString);
for (let pair of queryString.entries()) {
   console.log("Key is: " + pair[0]);
   console.log("Value is: " + pair[1]);
}

Example: This example illustrates the use of the URLSearchParams Object to get the URL parameter.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
          How To Get URL Parameters using JavaScript?
      </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1> 
    <b>
        How To Get URL Parameters
        With JavaScript?
    </b>
    <p> The url used is: 
https://www.example.com/login.php?a=GeeksforGeeks&b=500&c=Hello Geeks 
    </p>
 
    <p> 
       Click on the button to get the url 
       parameters in the console. 
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="getParameters()"> Get URL parameters </button>
    <script>
    function getParameters() {
        let urlString = 
"https://www.example.com/login.php?a=GeeksforGeeks&b=500&c=Hello Geeks";
        let paramString = urlString.split('?')[1];
        let queryString = new URLSearchParams(paramString);
        for(let pair of queryString.entries()) {
            console.log("Key is:" + pair[0]);
            console.log("Value is:" + pair[1]);
        }
    }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

entries() Method

Method 2: Separating and accessing each parameter pair

The query string is first separated to get only the parameters portion of the string.
The split() method is used on the given URL with the “?” separator. This will separate the URL into 2 parts and the second part is selected with only the parameters.
This string is separated into the parameters by using the split() method again with “&” as the separator. This will separate each parameter string into an array.
This array is looped through each of the keys and values are separated by splitting with “=” as the separator. It will separate the pairs into an array.
The key part of the pair can be retrieved by accessing the first index of the pair and the value can be retrieved by accessing the second index.
This can be used to get all the parameters in the URL which can be used as required.

Syntax:

let paramString = urlString.split('?')[1];
let params_arr = paramString.split('&');
for (let i = 0; i < params_arr.length; i++) {
   let pair = params_arr[i].split('=');
   console.log("Key is:", pair[0]);
   console.log("Value is:", pair[1]);
}

Example: This example illustrates the Separate access for each parameter pair.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title> 
          How To Get URL Parameters using JavaScript? 
      </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1> <b>
        How To Get URL Parameters
        With JavaScript?
    </b>
    <p> The url used is: 
https://www.example.com/login.php?a=GeeksforGeeks&b=500&c=Hello Geeks 
    </p>
 
    <p> 
       Click on the button to get the url
       parameters in the console. 
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="getParameters()"> Get URL parameters </button>
    <script>
    function getParameters() {
        let urlString = 
"https://www.example.com/login.php?a=GeeksforGeeks&b=500&c=Hello Geeks";
        let paramString = urlString.split('?')[1];
        let params_arr = paramString.split('&');
        for(let i = 0; i < params_arr.length; i++) {
            let pair = params_arr[i].split('=');
            console.log("Key is:" + pair[0]);
            console.log("Value is:" + pair[1]);
        }
    }
    </script>
</body>
</html>