Transform JS object to HTTP GET request query string (using jquery)

Question

I want to request GeoServer using AJAX. Since those request have long query strings I want to modify them comfortably using a js object like this:

defaultParameters = {
 service: 'WFS',
 version: '1.0.0',
 request: 'GetFeature',
 typeName: 'nurc:roadAnalytics1',
 maxFeatures: 50,
 outputFormat: 'text/javascript'
};

How can I transform this object into a query string like this one:

http://someurl?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=nurc:roadAnalytics1&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=text%2Fjavascript

So basically I am asking for the opposite way as this question

Answer 1

Try this:

jQuery.param( defaultParameters );

This returns service=WFS&version=... so you need to append this after the ? in the URL.

• nik: Great, hoped that there will be such an easy solution. Works perfectly!