function GetRequest() { var url = location.search; // get the url string after the character "?" var theRequest = new Object(); if (url.indexOf("?") != -1) { var str = url.substr(1); strs = str.split("&"); for(var i = 0; i < strs.length; i ++) { theRequest[strs[i].split("=")[0]] = decodeURI(strs[i].split("=")[1]); } } return theRequest; }
use:
the Request new new Object = var ();
the Request GetRequest = ();
var variable name = Request [ 'variable name to extract the URL'];