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Get request parameters using Javascript


This function will parse http query string and return value of requested parameter.

function getQueryParameter ( parameterName ) {
  var queryString = window.top.location.search.substring(1);
  var parameterName = parameterName + "=";
  if ( queryString.length > 0 ) {
    begin = queryString.indexOf ( parameterName );
    if ( begin != -1 ) {
      begin += parameterName.length;
      end = queryString.indexOf ( "&" , begin );
        if ( end == -1 ) {
        end = queryString.length
      }
      return unescape ( queryString.substring ( begin, end ) );
    }
  }
  return "null";
}