dojo/io-query — The Dojo Toolkit

Introduction ¶

dojo/io-query provides two utility functions for converting between JavaScript objects and query strings that are part of a URL.

Usage ¶

objectToQuery()¶

Takes a name/value mapping object and returns a string representing a URL-encoded version of that object.

This function is one of many helpers used by the dojo/request subsystem for handling AJAX style requests. This particular function takes a JavaScript object and converts it to a query string suitable to append onto a URI. This function is useful in constructing URIs quickly and cleanly, with the proper special character encoding. The resulting query string can be converted back to a JavaScript object by the function queryToObject().

Usage is simple and straightforward, you pass the object you wish converted to a query string and the function will return the query string.

require(["dojo/io-query"], function(ioQuery){
  var uri = "http://some.server.org/somecontext/";
  var query = {
    foo: ["bar", "bar2"],
    bit: "byte"
  };

  // Assemble the new uri with its query string attached.
  var queryStr = ioQuery.objectToQuery(query);
  uri = uri + "?" + queryStr;

  // The uri should look like:
  // http://some.server.org/somecontext/?foo=bar&foo=bar2&bit=byte
});

queryToObject()¶

Helper function for converting a URI query string to a JavaScript Object.

This function is one of many helpers used by the dojo/request subsystem for handling AJAX style requests. This particular function takes the query portion of a URI and returns a JavaScript object of the name/value pairs. It handles both single and multi-valued query parameters. This function is useful in deconstructing URIs for display in page forms and the like. It can also be used as a way to modify a query by converting to JavaScript, making changes to parameters, then converting it back to a query string via objectToQuery().

Usage is simple and straightforward, you pass the query string of the URI as the parameter to the function and it will return it in JavaScript object form.

require(["dojo/io-query"], function(ioQuery){
  var uri = "http://some.server.org/somecontext/?foo=bar&foo=bar2&bit=byte";
  var query = uri.substring(uri.indexOf("?") + 1, uri.length);
  var queryObject = ioQuery.queryToObject(query);

  // The structure of queryObject will be:
  // {
  //   foo: ["bar", "bar2"],
  //   bit: "byte"
  // }
});

Examples ¶

Using objectToQuery() to create a query string and assign it to a URI

require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/io-query", "dojo/on", "dojo/domReady!"],
function(dom, ioQuery, on){
  on(dom.byId("convertQuery"), "click", function(){
    var uri =  "http://uri.some.org/context";
    var query = {
      foo: ["bar", "bar2"],
      bit: "byte"
    };

    // Assemble the new URI.
    var queryStr = ioQuery.objectToQuery(query);
    uri = uri + "?" + queryStr;

    // Attach it into the dom
    dom.byId("query").innerHTML = uri;
  });
});

<button type="button" id="convertQuery">
    Click to update the URI with a query generated from an object</button>
<p><strong>The URI</strong></p>
<pre>http://uri.some.org/context</pre>
<p><strong>The modified URI with a query string.:</strong></p>
<pre id="query"></pre>

Using queryToObject() to create a JavaScript form of a query

require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/io-query", "dojo/json", "dojo/on", "dojo/domReady!"],
function(dom, ioQuery, JSON, on){
  on(dom.byId("convertQuery"), "click", function(){
    var uri =  "http://uri.some.org/context?foo=bar&foo=bar2&bit=byte";

    // Isolate the query portion of the URI and convert it.
    var query = uri.substring(uri.indexOf("?") + 1, uri.length);
    query = ioQuery.queryToObject(query);

    // Attach it into the don as pretty-printed text.
    dom.byId("query").innerHTML = JSON.stringify(query, true);
  });
});

<button id="convertQuery" type="button">
    Click to convert query portion of URI</button>
<p><strong>The URI</strong></p>
<pre>http://uri.some.org/context?foo=bar&foo=bar2&bit=byte</pre>
<p><strong>The Query converted to a JavaScript Object:</strong></p>
<pre id="query"></pre>

Using queryToObject and objectToQuery to alter query strings

require(["dojo/dom", "dojo/io-query", "dojo/json", "dojo/on", "dojo/domReady!"],
function(dom, ioQuery, JSON, on){
    on(dom.byId("alterQuery"), "click", function(){
       var uri = "http://uri.some.org/context?foo=bar&foo=bar2&bit=byte";

       // Isolate the query portion of the URI and convert it.
       var query = uri.substring(uri.indexOf("?") + 1, uri.length);
       query = ioQuery.queryToObject(query);

       // let's make some changes.
       query.foo = "alteredFoo";
       query.newParam = "I'm new!";

       // Write the new URI out.
       dom.byId("alteredQuery").innerHTML = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf("?") + 1) + ioQuery.objectToQuery(query);
    });
});

<button id="alterQuery">Click to alter the query string</button>
<p><strong>The URI</strong></p>
<pre>http://uri.some.org/context?foo=bar&foo=bar2&bit=byte</pre>
<strong>The modified query string in the URI:</strong>
<pre id="alteredQuery"></pre>

dojo/io-query ¶

Introduction ¶

Usage ¶

objectToQuery()¶

queryToObject()¶

Examples ¶

See also ¶

Table of Contents

dojo/io-query¶

Introduction¶

Usage¶

objectToQuery()¶

queryToObject()¶

Examples¶

See also¶

Table of Contents

dojo/io-query ¶

Introduction ¶

Usage ¶

Examples ¶

See also ¶