Convert URL searchParams to plain JS Object

In Node.js the url.parse API is deprecated. But one of the great things was getting an plain JavaScript object from your query params:

const { query } = url.parse("https://example.com/?search=term&page=1", true);

console.log(query); // [Object: null prototype] { search: 'term', page: '1' }

Want to know what [Object: null prototype] is? Check this StackOverflow answer.

Fortunately this is also possible with the WHATWG URL API (new URL).

const { searchParams } = new URL("https://example.com/?search=term&page=1");
const query = Object.fromEntries(searchParams);

console.log(query); // { search: 'term', page: '1' }

WHATWG URL API combined with Object.fromEntries really helps here.

Happy coding! – Found a mistake or a typo? Please submit a PR to my GitHub-repo.