Query Strings
Query String URLs
Why?
Pass information using the URL itself
Set information on the page e.g. filter product listing
Get information from other sources e.g. Google Search results
Track clicks, links, and browsing history
Manage in page content e.g. pagination navigation, language translation, turn autoplay on/off, etc.
What?
A query string is a part of a uniform resource locator (URL) that assigns values to specified parameters. - WikiPedia
Also known as “URL Parameters” or “URL query parameters”
How?
URL base
key value pairs
?start query=assign value to key&add more keys with values
Additional References
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