URL parse with javascript

Question

How to use javascript to get the following url - the value of id?

URL: http://www.url/id/2721/John

I would get the following values:

2721 and John

Show us what you've tried and why/where you're hung up. Don't just expect us to do the work for you. — James Johnson, May 07 '12 at 21:30
Possible duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6168260/how-to-parse-a-url http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4140324/parse-url-with-javascript http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7840306/parse-url-with-javascript-or-jquery http://stackoverflow.com/questions/901115/get-query-string-values-in-javascript — Jack, May 07 '12 at 21:32
http://css-tricks.com/snippets/javascript/get-url-and-url-parts-in-javascript/ — kmb64, May 07 '12 at 21:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '12 at 21:27

3

Use .split("/") to separate the URL into pieces, then read the values.

answered May 07 '12 at 21:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 07 '13 at 15:38

0

Use .match(re):

var r = "http://www.url/id/2721/John".match('\/id\/(\\d+)/([^/]+)');

The value v[1] will be 2721 and r[2] will be John.

edited Mar 07 '13 at 15:38

kapex

answered May 07 '12 at 21:37

gonz

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