URLSearchParams

The URLSearchParams interface allows developers to (shock!) manipulate the search params of a URL. It also provides a mechanism to POST data via `fetch()` with a urlencoded body vs. the multipart body that `FormData` produces.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/urlsearchparams/index.html

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams/append

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Network

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 49
• Chrome for Android release 49
• Android WebView release 49
• Opera release 36
• Opera for Android release 36

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: No signals

Owners

• mkwst@chromium.org
• sigbjornf@opera.com

Last updated on 2017-06-26