Web API URL.search Property

Last Updated : 27 Nov, 2020

The Web API URL.search property is used to get USVString which is a search string or a query string. This string contains a “?” followed by the parameters of the URL.

Syntax:

var str = URL.search

Return Value: This property returns a USVString search string.

Example 1:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
  
    <button onclick="get()" x='15' y='30'> 
        Click on Me! 
    </button> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        function get() { 
            var url = new URL( 
'https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/GeeksforGeeks/search?gfg'); 
  
            console.log( 
                "search string of current URL is :",  
                url.search); 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Example 2:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
  
    <div id="abc"></div> 
  
    <br><br> 
    <button onclick="get()" x='15' y='30'> 
        Click on Me! 
    </button> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        function get() { 
            var url = new URL( 
'https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/GeeksforGeeks/search?gfg'); 
  
            a = document.getElementById("abc"); 
  
            a.innerHTML =  
                "search string of current URL is : " 
                + url.search; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 