Node.js urlObject.search API

The urlObject.search() method in Node is used to get the search query within the hostname which is followed by the ‘?’ character.

Syntax : urlObject.search()
Return : Returns the search query after ‘?’ character.

Example #1 : In these examples, we have shown how the urlObject.search() method is able to extract the search query from the hostname.

// Importing the module 'url'
const url = require('url');

var adr =
'http://localhost:8080/default.htm?year=2019&month=may';

// Parse the address:
var q = url.parse(adr, true);

/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */

console.log(q.search);

Output :

Example #2 :

// Importing the module 'url'
const url = require('url');

var adr =
'http://localhost:8080/default.htm?year=2k19&month=geekofthemonth';

// Parse the address:
var q = url.parse(adr, true);

/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */

console.log(q.search);

Output :