URLSearchParams: get() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2018.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The get() method of the URLSearchParams interface returns the first value associated to the given search parameter.

Syntax

js
get(name)

Parameters

name

The name of the parameter to return.

Return value

A string if the given search parameter is found; otherwise, null.

Examples

If the URL of your page is https://example.com/?name=Jonathan&age=18 you could parse out the 'name' and 'age' parameters using:

js
let params = new URLSearchParams(document.location.search);
let name = params.get("name"); // is the string "Jonathan"
let age = parseInt(params.get("age"), 10); // is the number 18

Requesting a parameter that isn't present in the query string will return null:

js
let address = params.get("address"); // null

Specifications

Specification
URL
# dom-urlsearchparams-get

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Bun
Deno
Node.js
get
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 49 (Release date: 2016-03-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 29 (Release date: 2014-04-29)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 29 (Release date: 2014-04-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Bun – Full support
Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Node.js – Full support
Node.js 6.13 (Release date: 2018-02-13)
footnote Full support

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