index.js 1.27 KB
'use strict';

var has = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;

/**
 * Simple query string parser.
 *
 * @param {String} query The query string that needs to be parsed.
 * @returns {Object}
 * @api public
 */
function querystring(query) {
  var parser = /([^=?&]+)=?([^&]*)/g
    , result = {}
    , part;

  //
  // Little nifty parsing hack, leverage the fact that RegExp.exec increments
  // the lastIndex property so we can continue executing this loop until we've
  // parsed all results.
  //
  for (;
    part = parser.exec(query);
    result[decodeURIComponent(part[1])] = decodeURIComponent(part[2])
  );

  return result;
}

/**
 * Transform a query string to an object.
 *
 * @param {Object} obj Object that should be transformed.
 * @param {String} prefix Optional prefix.
 * @returns {String}
 * @api public
 */
function querystringify(obj, prefix) {
  prefix = prefix || '';

  var pairs = [];

  //
  // Optionally prefix with a '?' if needed
  //
  if ('string' !== typeof prefix) prefix = '?';

  for (var key in obj) {
    if (has.call(obj, key)) {
      pairs.push(encodeURIComponent(key) +'='+ encodeURIComponent(obj[key]));
    }
  }

  return pairs.length ? prefix + pairs.join('&') : '';
}

//
// Expose the module.
//
exports.stringify = querystringify;
exports.parse = querystring;