Extract request parameter from query string in Java

UrlUtils.java

import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.List;

public class UrlUtils {

    public static String extractValueOfParamFromQueryString(String name, String qs) throws Exception{
        String queryString = "?" + qs;
        return UrlUtils.extractValueOfParamFromUrl(name, queryString);
    }

    public static String extractValueOfParamFromUrl(String name, String url) throws URISyntaxException {
        List<NameValuePair> nvps = URLEncodedUtils.parse(new URI(url), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        for (NameValuePair nameValuePair : nvps) {
            if(name.equals(nameValuePair.getName())) {
                return nameValuePair.getValue();
            }
        }
        return "";
    }
}