Regarding $location.search, the docs say,
Return search part (as object) of current url when called without any parameter.
In my URL, my query string has a param ?test_user_bLzgB without a value. Also $location.search() returns an object. How do I get the actual text?
Not sure if it has changed since the accepted answer was accepted, but it is possible.
$location.search() will return an object of key-value pairs, the same pairs as the query string. A key that has no value is just stored in the object as true. In this case, the object would be:
{"test_user_bLzgB": true}
You could access this value directly with $location.search().test_user_bLzgB
Example (with larger query string): http://fiddle.jshell.net/TheSharpieOne/yHv2p/4/show/?test_user_bLzgB&somethingElse&also&something=Somethingelse
Note: Due to hashes (as it will go to http://fiddle.jshell.net/#/url, which would create a new fiddle), this fiddle will not work in browsers that do not support js history (will not work in IE <10)
Edit:
As pointed out in the comments by @Naresh and @DavidTchepak, the $locationProvider also needs to be configured properly: https://code.angularjs.org/1.2.23/docs/guide/$location#-location-service-configuration
$locationProvider also needs to be configured properly: code.angularjs.org/1.2.23/docs/guide/… (This tripped me up. Hopefully the link saves others some time.)
If you just need to look at the query string as text, you can use: $window.location.search
$location.search() returns an object, consisting of the keys as variables and the values as its value.
So: if you write your query string like this:
?user=test_user_bLzgB
You could easily get the text like so:
$location.search().user
If you wish not to use a key, value like ?foo=bar, I suggest using a hash #test_user_bLzgB ,
and calling
$location.hash()
would return 'test_user_bLzgB' which is the data you wish to retrieve.
Additional info:
If you used the query string method and you are getting an empty object with $location.search(), it is probably because Angular is using the hashbang strategy instead of the html5 one... To get it working, add this config to your module
yourModule.config(['$locationProvider', function($locationProvider){
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
}]);
First make the URL format correct for getting the query string use #?q=string that works for me
http://localhost/codeschool/index.php#?foo=abcd
Inject $location service into the controller
app.controller('MyController', [ '$location', function($location) {
var searchObject = $location.search();
// $location.search(); reutrn object
// searchObject = { foo = 'abcd' };
alert( searchObject.foo );
} ]);
So the out put should be abcd
you can use this as well
function getParameterByName(name) {
name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");
var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),
results = regex.exec(location.search);
return results === null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}
var queryValue = getParameterByName('test_user_bLzgB');
If your $location.search() is not working, then make sure you have the following:
1) html5Mode(true) is configured in app's module config
appModule.config(['$locationProvider', function($locationProvider) {
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
}]);
2) <base href="/"> is present in your HTML
<head>
<base href="/">
...
</head>
References:
Angular does not support this kind of query string.
The query part of the URL is supposed to be a &-separated sequence of key-value pairs, thus perfectly interpretable as an object.
There is no API at all to manage query strings that do not represent sets of key-value pairs.
In my NodeJS example, I have an url "localhost:8080/Lists/list1.html?x1=y" that I want to traverse and acquire values.
In order to work with $location.search() to get x1=y, I have done a few things
my list1.js has
var app = angular.module('NGApp', ['ngRoute']); //dependencies : ngRoute
app.config(function ($locationProvider) { //config your locationProvider
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true).hashPrefix('');
});
app.controller('NGCtrl', function ($scope, datasvc, $location) {// inject your location service
//var val = window.location.href.toString().split('=')[1];
var val = $location.search().x1; alert(val);
$scope.xout = function () {
datasvc.out(val)
.then(function (data) {
$scope.x1 = val;
$scope.allMyStuffs = data.all;
});
};
$scope.xout();
});
and my list1.html has
<head>
<base href=".">
</head>
<body ng-controller="NGCtrl">
<div>A<input ng-model="x1"/><br/><textarea ng-model="allMyStuffs"/></div>
<script src="../js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
<script src="../js/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.9/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.9/angular-route.js"></script>
<script src="../js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="../js/ui-bootstrap-tpls-0.14.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="list1.js"></script>
</body>
Guide: https://code.angularjs.org/1.2.23/docs/guide/$location
My fix is more simple, create a factory, and implement as one variable. For example
angular.module('myApp', [])
// This a searchCustom factory. Copy the factory and implement in the controller
.factory("searchCustom", function($http,$log){
return {
valuesParams : function(params){
paramsResult = [];
params = params.replace('(', '').replace(')','').split("&");
for(x in params){
paramsKeyTmp = params[x].split("=");
// Si el parametro esta disponible anexamos al vector paramResult
if (paramsKeyTmp[1] !== '' && paramsKeyTmp[1] !== ' ' &&
paramsKeyTmp[1] !== null){
paramsResult.push(params[x]);
}
}
return paramsResult;
}
}
})
.controller("SearchController", function($scope, $http,$routeParams,$log,searchCustom){
$ctrl = this;
var valueParams = searchCustom.valuesParams($routeParams.value);
valueParams = valueParams.join('&');
$http({
method : "GET",
url: webservice+"q?"+valueParams
}).then( function successCallback(response){
data = response.data;
$scope.cantEncontrados = data.length;
$scope.dataSearch = data;
} , function errorCallback(response){
console.log(response.statusText);
})
})<html>
<head>
</head>
<body ng-app="myApp">
<div ng-controller="SearchController">
<form action="#" >
<input ng-model="param1"
placeholder="param1" />
<input ng-model="param2"
placeholder="param2"/>
<!-- Implement in the html code
(param1={{param1}}¶m2={{param2}}) -> this is a one variable, the factory searchCustom split and restructure in the array params
-->
<a href="#seach/(param1={{param1}}¶m2={{param2}})">
<buttom ng-click="searchData()" >Busqueda</buttom>
</a>
</form>
</div>
</body>Very late answer :( but for someone who is in need, this works Angular js works too :) URLSearchParams Let's have a look at how we can use this new API to get values from the location!
// Assuming "?post=1234&action=edit"
var urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
console.log(urlParams.has('post')); // true
console.log(urlParams.get('action')); // "edit"
console.log(urlParams.getAll('action')); // ["edit"]
console.log(urlParams.toString()); // "?post=1234&action=edit"
console.log(urlParams.append('active', '1')); // "?
post=1234&action=edit&active=1"
use this function from instead of URLSearchParams
urlParam = function (name) {
var results = new RegExp('[\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)')
.exec(window.location.search);
return (results !== null) ? results[1] || 0 : false;
}
console.log(urlParam('action')); //edit
$location.search()but I wish to check the "object" that you get when you call it...