Get escaped URL parameter

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I'm looking for a jQuery plugin that can get URL parameters, and support this search string without outputting the JavaScript error: "malformed URI sequence". If there isn't a jQuery plugin that supports this, I need to know how to modify it to support this.

?search=%E6%F8%E5

The value of the URL parameter, when decoded, should be:

æøå

(the characters are Norwegian).

I don't have access to the server, so I can't modify anything on it.

url-parameters query-string url javascript
19 Answers

You should not use jQuery for something like this!
The modern way is to use small reusable modules through a package-manager like Bower.

I've created a tiny module that can parse the query string into an object. Use it like this:

// parse the query string into an object and get the property
queryString.parse(unescape(location.search)).search;
//=> æøå
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