Getting an URL parameter value in Flex - apache-flex

Question

I'm have the following URL :
www.example.com?arg1=foobar
I want to get the arg1 value.
I tried to use the following code:
var bm:IBrowserManager;
bm= bm.getInstance();
browserManager.init();
var o:Object = URLUtil.stringToObject(bm.fragment, "&");
Alert.show(o.arg1);
It works with the following URL:
www.example.com#arg1=foobar
So it requires the # instead of the ? .
How can get the parameter "arg1" from Flex (nicely) from URLs such as :
www.example.com?arg1=foobar
Thanks ;)

Answer 1

I answered a similar question a while ago.
I use the class Adobe provided in this article. An updated version of this class can also be found here, although I haven't tried this one.
package
{
import flash.external.*;
import flash.utils.*;
public class QueryString
{
private var _queryString:String;
private var _all:String;
private var _params:Object;
public function get queryString():String
{
return _queryString;
}
public function get url():String
{
return _all;
}
public function get parameters():Object
{
return _params;
}
public function QueryString()
{
readQueryString();
}
private function readQueryString():void
{
_params = {};
try
{
_all =
ExternalInterface.call("window.location.href.toString");
_queryString =
ExternalInterface.call("window.location.search.substring", 1);
if(_queryString)
{
var params:Array = _queryString.split('&');
var length:uint = params.length;
for (var i:uint=0,index:int=-1; i 0)
{
var key:String = kvPair.substring(0,index);
var value:String = kvPair.substring(index+1);
_params[key] = value;
}
}
}
}catch(e:Error) { trace("Some error occured.
ExternalInterface doesn't work in Standalone player."); }
}
}
}
Here's an example on how to use the Querystring class:
public function CheckForIDInQuerystring():void
{
// sample URL: http://www.mysite.com/index.aspx?id=12345
var qs:QueryString = new QueryString;
if (qs.parameters.id != null)
{
// URL contains the "id" parameter
trace(qs.parameters.id);
}
else
{
// URL doesn't contain the "id" parameter
trace("No id found.");
}
}