URL.search

The search property of the URL interface is a search string, also called a query string, that is a USVString containing a '?' followed by the parameters of the URL.

Modern browsers provide the URL.searchParams property to make it easy to parse out the parameters from the query string.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers

Value

A USVString.

Examples

const url = new URL('https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/search?q=123');
console.log(url.search); // Logs "?q=123"

Specifications

Specification
URL Standard
# dom-url-search

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

  • The URL interface it belongs to.