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This ServiceNow Client Script returns an object consisting of a property for each URI parameter, and its' value.
/**
* Get the values of each URI param as properties of an object (name-value pairs).
* @param url
* @returns {{}}
* @example - In the URL www.google.com/page?urip=pickles&otheruriparam=bananas, you could use getAllUrlParams().urip to get "pickles".
*/
function getAllUrlParams(url) {
// get query string from url (optional) or window
var queryString = url ? url.split('?')[1] : window.location.search.slice(1);
// we'll store the parameters here
var obj = {};
// if query string exists
if (queryString) {
// stuff after # is not part of query string, so get rid of it
queryString = queryString.split('#')[0];
// split our query string into its component parts
var arr = queryString.split('&');
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
// separate the keys and the values
var a = arr[i].split('=');
// in case params look like: list[]=thing1&list[]=thing2
var paramNum = undefined;
var paramName = a[0].replace(/\[\d*\]/, function(v) {
paramNum = v.slice(1, -1);
return '';
});
// set parameter value (use 'true' if empty)
var paramValue = typeof(a[1]) === 'undefined' ? true : a[1];
// (optional) keep case consistent
paramName = paramName.toLowerCase();
paramValue = paramValue.toLowerCase();
// if parameter name already exists
if (obj[paramName]) {
// convert value to array (if still string)
if (typeof obj[paramName] === 'string') {
obj[paramName] = [obj[paramName]];
}
// if no array index number specified...
if (typeof paramNum === 'undefined') {
// put the value on the end of the array
obj[paramName].push(paramValue);
}
// if array index number specified...
else {
// put the value at that index number
obj[paramName][paramNum] = paramValue;
}
}
// if param name doesn't exist yet, set it
else {
obj[paramName] = paramValue;
}
}
}
return obj;
}
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