Question

I am trying to read the “source” parameter and the “group” parameter from the url hash below. I have no idea how to use regex and keep ending up with blank variables.

How do I read “source” and “group” parameters from the url hash below

    console.log(urlObj.hash); // #source-items?source=1002&?group=Menu
    var source = urlObj.hash.replace( /.*source=/, "");

Answer 1

If you remove the ? after & and you can use something like this:

function parseParams() {
    var params = window.location.hash.split('?')[1].split('&').map(function(item) {
        return item.split('=');
    });
    var namedparams = {};

    for (i=-1; param = params[++i]; ) {
        namedparams[param[0]] = param[1];
    }

    return namedparams;
}

This is how you use this function:

var params = parseParams();
params.group; // the group parameter
params.source; // the source parameter