What is parseqs?
The parseqs npm package is a simple utility for parsing and stringifying query strings. It provides basic functionality to convert query strings into JavaScript objects and vice versa.
What are parseqs's main functionalities?
Parse Query String
This feature allows you to parse a query string into a JavaScript object. The `decode` method takes a query string as input and returns an object with key-value pairs.
const parseqs = require('parseqs');
const queryString = 'name=John&age=30';
const parsed = parseqs.decode(queryString);
console.log(parsed); // { name: 'John', age: '30' }
Stringify Object to Query String
This feature allows you to convert a JavaScript object into a query string. The `encode` method takes an object as input and returns a query string.
const parseqs = require('parseqs');
const obj = { name: 'John', age: '30' };
const queryString = parseqs.encode(obj);
console.log(queryString); // 'name=John&age=30'
Other packages similar to parseqs
qs
The `qs` package is a robust query string parser and stringifier. It offers more advanced features compared to parseqs, such as nested object support, array handling, and customizable delimiters. It is widely used in the Node.js community for handling query strings.
querystring
The `querystring` module is a built-in Node.js module that provides utilities for parsing and formatting URL query strings. While it offers similar basic functionality to parseqs, it is less feature-rich compared to the `qs` package.