@ou-imdt/utils/lib/getUrlParams.js

Utility library for interactive media development

/**
 * Retrieves URL parameters from the current window's URL and parses them into an object.
 * @returns {Object} An object containing the URL parameters as key-value pairs. Boolean strings are parsed to boolean values.
 */
export default function getUrlParams() {
  const url = new URL(window.location);
  const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(url.search);
  const params = Object.fromEntries(urlParams.entries());

  Object.keys(params).forEach(key => {
    if (['true', 'false'].includes(params[key])) {
      params[key] = JSON.parse(params[key]);
    }
  });

  return params;
}