Get the value of URL Parameters

I am trying to get the parameters from a URL using Swift. Let's say I have the following URL:

http://mysite3994.com?test1=blah&test2=blahblah

How can I get the values of test1 and test2?

Solution 1:

You can use the belowCode to get the param

func getQueryStringParameter(url: String, param: String) -> String? {
  guard let url = URLComponents(string: url) else { return nil }
  return url.queryItems?.first(where: { $0.name == param })?.value
}

Call the method like let test1 = getQueryStringParameter(url, param: "test1")

Other method with extension:

extension URL {
    public var queryParameters: [String: String]? {
        guard
            let components = URLComponents(url: self, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true),
            let queryItems = components.queryItems else { return nil }
        return queryItems.reduce(into: [String: String]()) { (result, item) in
            result[item.name] = item.value
        }
    }
}

Solution 2:

Step 1: Create URL extension

extension URL {
    func valueOf(_ queryParamaterName: String) -> String? {
        guard let url = URLComponents(string: self.absoluteString) else { return nil }
        return url.queryItems?.first(where: { $0.name == queryParamaterName })?.value
    }
}

Step 2: How to use the extension

let newURL = URL(string: "http://mysite3994.com?test1=blah&test2=blahblah")!

newURL.valueOf("test1") // Output i.e "blah"
newURL.valueOf("test2") // Output i.e "blahblah"

Solution 3:

I also made a URL extension, but put the query param lookup into a subscript.

extension URL {
    subscript(queryParam:String) -> String? {
        guard let url = URLComponents(string: self.absoluteString) else { return nil }
        return url.queryItems?.first(where: { $0.name == queryParam })?.value
    }
}

Usage:

let url = URL(string: "http://some-website.com/documents/127/?referrer=147&mode=open")!

let referrer = url["referrer"]  // "147"
let mode     = url["mode"]      // "open"