NSURL category to parser GET parameters from the URL into a NSDictionary #objective-c #utils #url

NSURL+QueryParser.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface NSURL (QueryParser)

-(NSDictionary*)queryDictionary;

@end

NSURL+QueryParser.m

#import "NSURL+QueryParser.h"

@implementation NSURL (QueryParser)

-(NSDictionary *)queryDictionary
{
    NSMutableDictionary *params = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
    for (NSString *param in [[self query] componentsSeparatedByString:@"&"]) {
        NSArray *parts = [param componentsSeparatedByString:@"="];
        if([parts count] < 2) continue;
        [params setObject:[parts objectAtIndex:1] forKey:[parts objectAtIndex:0]];
    }
    return params;
}

@end

Code taken from this stackoverflow question, without attribution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3997976/parse-nsurl-query-property

Probably should replace percent escapes in the keys and values