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node__querystring.d.ts - Node documentation

Usage in Deno

```typescript import * as mod from "node:node__querystring.d.ts"; ```
The `node:querystring` module provides utilities for parsing and formatting URL query strings. It can be accessed using: ```js import querystring from 'node:querystring'; ``` `querystring` is more performant than `URLSearchParams` but is not a standardized API. Use `URLSearchParams` when performance is not critical or when compatibility with browser code is desirable.

Functions

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escape
The `querystring.escape()` method performs URL percent-encoding on the given `str` in a manner that is optimized for the specific requirements of URL query strings. The `querystring.escape()` method is used by `querystring.stringify()` and is generally not expected to be used directly. It is exported primarily to allow application code to provide a replacement percent-encoding implementation if necessary by assigning `querystring.escape` to an alternative function.
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parse
The `querystring.parse()` method parses a URL query string (`str`) into a collection of key and value pairs. For example, the query string `'foo=bar&abc=xyz&abc=123'` is parsed into: ```json { "foo": "bar", "abc": ["xyz", "123"] } ``` The object returned by the `querystring.parse()` method _does not_ prototypically inherit from the JavaScript `Object`. This means that typical `Object` methods such as `obj.toString()`, `obj.hasOwnProperty()`, and others are not defined and _will not work_. By default, percent-encoded characters within the query string will be assumed to use UTF-8 encoding. If an alternative character encoding is used, then an alternative `decodeURIComponent` option will need to be specified: ```js // Assuming gbkDecodeURIComponent function already exists... querystring.parse('w=%D6%D0%CE%C4&foo=bar', null, null, { decodeURIComponent: gbkDecodeURIComponent }); ```
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stringify
The `querystring.stringify()` method produces a URL query string from a given `obj` by iterating through the object's "own properties". It serializes the following types of values passed in `obj`: [string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type) | [number](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type) | [bigint](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt) | [boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type) | [string\[\]](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type) | [number\[\]](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type) | [bigint\[\]](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt) | [boolean\[\]](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type) The numeric values must be finite. Any other input values will be coerced to empty strings. ```js querystring.stringify({ foo: 'bar', baz: ['qux', 'quux'], corge: '' }); // Returns 'foo=bar&baz=qux&baz=quux&corge=' querystring.stringify({ foo: 'bar', baz: 'qux' }, ';', ':'); // Returns 'foo:bar;baz:qux' ``` By default, characters requiring percent-encoding within the query string will be encoded as UTF-8\. If an alternative encoding is required, then an alternative `encodeURIComponent` option will need to be specified: ```js // Assuming gbkEncodeURIComponent function already exists, querystring.stringify({ w: '中文', foo: 'bar' }, null, null, { encodeURIComponent: gbkEncodeURIComponent }); ```
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unescape
The `querystring.unescape()` method performs decoding of URL percent-encoded characters on the given `str`. The `querystring.unescape()` method is used by `querystring.parse()` and is generally not expected to be used directly. It is exported primarily to allow application code to provide a replacement decoding implementation if necessary by assigning `querystring.unescape` to an alternative function. By default, the `querystring.unescape()` method will attempt to use the JavaScript built-in `decodeURIComponent()` method to decode. If that fails, a safer equivalent that does not throw on malformed URLs will be used.

Interfaces

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ParsedUrlQuery
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ParsedUrlQueryInput
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ParseOptions
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StringifyOptions
The `node:querystring` module provides utilities for parsing and formatting URL query strings. It can be accessed using: ```js import querystring from 'node:querystring'; ``` `querystring` is more performant than `URLSearchParams` but is not a standardized API. Use `URLSearchParams` when performance is not critical or when compatibility with browser code is desirable.

Variables

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decode
The querystring.decode() function is an alias for querystring.parse().
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encode
The querystring.encode() function is an alias for querystring.stringify().