for react-router v4.3,
const addQuery = (key, value) => {
let pathname = props.location.pathname;
// returns path: '/app/books'
let searchParams = new URLSearchParams(props.location.search);
// returns the existing query string: '?type=fiction&author=fahid'
searchParams.set(key, value);
this.props.history.push({
pathname: pathname,
search: searchParams.toString()
});
};
const removeQuery = (key) => {
let pathname = props.location.pathname;
// returns path: '/app/books'
let searchParams = new URLSearchParams(props.location.search);
// returns the existing query string: '?type=fiction&author=fahid'
searchParams.delete(key);
this.props.history.push({
pathname: pathname,
search: searchParams.toString()
});
};
```
```
function SomeComponent({ location }) {
return <div>
<button onClick={ () => addQuery('book', 'react')}>search react books</button>
<button onClick={ () => removeQuery('book')}>remove search</button>
</div>;
}
```
// To know more on URLSearchParams from
[Mozilla:][1]
var paramsString = "q=URLUtils.searchParams&topic=api";
var searchParams = new URLSearchParams(paramsString);
//Iterate the search parameters.
for (let p of searchParams) {
console.log(p);
}
searchParams.has("topic") === true; // true
searchParams.get("topic") === "api"; // true
searchParams.getAll("topic"); // ["api"]
searchParams.get("foo") === null; // true
searchParams.append("topic", "webdev");
searchParams.toString(); // "q=URLUtils.searchParams&topic=api&topic=webdev"
searchParams.set("topic", "More webdev");
searchParams.toString(); // "q=URLUtils.searchParams&topic=More+webdev"
searchParams.delete("topic");
searchParams.toString(); // "q=URLUtils.searchParams"
[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams