files/en-us/web/api/urlsearchparams/tostring/index.md
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The toString() method of the
{{domxref("URLSearchParams")}} interface returns a query string suitable for use in a
URL.
[!NOTE] This method returns the query string without the question mark. This is different from
Location.search,HTMLAnchorElement.search, andURL.search, which all include the question mark.
toString()
None.
A string, without the question mark. Returns an empty string if no search parameters have been set. Characters in the application/x-www-form-urlencoded percent-encode set (which contains all code points except ASCII alphanumeric, *, -, ., and _) are percent-encoded, and U+0020 SPACE is encoded as +.
const url = new URL("https://example.com?foo=1&bar=2");
const params = new URLSearchParams(url.search);
// Add a second foo parameter.
params.append("foo", 4);
console.log(params.toString()); // Prints 'foo=1&bar=2&foo=4'
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