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  "source": "doc/api/querystring.md",
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    {
      "textRaw": "Query string",
      "name": "querystring",
      "introduced_in": "v0.1.25",
      "stability": 3,
      "stabilityText": "Legacy",
      "desc": "<p><strong>Source Code:</strong> <a href=\"https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v16.20.2/lib/querystring.js\">lib/querystring.js</a></p>\n<p>The <code>node:querystring</code> module provides utilities for parsing and formatting URL\nquery strings. It can be accessed using:</p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">const querystring = require('node:querystring');\n</code></pre>\n<p>The <code>querystring</code> API is considered Legacy. While it is still maintained,\nnew code should use the <a href=\"url.html#class-urlsearchparams\" class=\"type\"><URLSearchParams></a> API instead.</p>",
      "methods": [
        {
          "textRaw": "`querystring.decode()`",
          "type": "method",
          "name": "decode",
          "meta": {
            "added": [
              "v0.1.99"
            ],
            "changes": []
          },
          "signatures": [
            {
              "params": []
            }
          ],
          "desc": "<p>The <code>querystring.decode()</code> function is an alias for <code>querystring.parse()</code>.</p>"
        },
        {
          "textRaw": "`querystring.encode()`",
          "type": "method",
          "name": "encode",
          "meta": {
            "added": [
              "v0.1.99"
            ],
            "changes": []
          },
          "signatures": [
            {
              "params": []
            }
          ],
          "desc": "<p>The <code>querystring.encode()</code> function is an alias for <code>querystring.stringify()</code>.</p>"
        },
        {
          "textRaw": "`querystring.escape(str)`",
          "type": "method",
          "name": "escape",
          "meta": {
            "added": [
              "v0.1.25"
            ],
            "changes": []
          },
          "signatures": [
            {
              "params": [
                {
                  "textRaw": "`str` {string}",
                  "name": "str",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "desc": "<p>The <code>querystring.escape()</code> method performs URL percent-encoding on the given\n<code>str</code> in a manner that is optimized for the specific requirements of URL\nquery strings.</p>\n<p>The <code>querystring.escape()</code> method is used by <code>querystring.stringify()</code> and is\ngenerally not expected to be used directly. It is exported primarily to allow\napplication code to provide a replacement percent-encoding implementation if\nnecessary by assigning <code>querystring.escape</code> to an alternative function.</p>"
        },
        {
          "textRaw": "`querystring.parse(str[, sep[, eq[, options]]])`",
          "type": "method",
          "name": "parse",
          "meta": {
            "added": [
              "v0.1.25"
            ],
            "changes": [
              {
                "version": "v8.0.0",
                "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10967",
                "description": "Multiple empty entries are now parsed correctly (e.g. `&=&=`)."
              },
              {
                "version": "v6.0.0",
                "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6055",
                "description": "The returned object no longer inherits from `Object.prototype`."
              },
              {
                "version": [
                  "v6.0.0",
                  "v4.2.4"
                ],
                "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3807",
                "description": "The `eq` parameter may now have a length of more than `1`."
              }
            ]
          },
          "signatures": [
            {
              "params": [
                {
                  "textRaw": "`str` {string} The URL query string to parse",
                  "name": "str",
                  "type": "string",
                  "desc": "The URL query string to parse"
                },
                {
                  "textRaw": "`sep` {string} The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the query string. **Default:** `'&'`.",
                  "name": "sep",
                  "type": "string",
                  "default": "`'&'`",
                  "desc": "The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the query string."
                },
                {
                  "textRaw": "`eq` {string}. The substring used to delimit keys and values in the query string. **Default:** `'='`.",
                  "name": "eq",
                  "type": "string",
                  "default": "`'='`",
                  "desc": ". The substring used to delimit keys and values in the query string."
                },
                {
                  "textRaw": "`options` {Object}",
                  "name": "options",
                  "type": "Object",
                  "options": [
                    {
                      "textRaw": "`decodeURIComponent` {Function} The function to use when decoding percent-encoded characters in the query string. **Default:** `querystring.unescape()`.",
                      "name": "decodeURIComponent",
                      "type": "Function",
                      "default": "`querystring.unescape()`",
                      "desc": "The function to use when decoding percent-encoded characters in the query string."
                    },
                    {
                      "textRaw": "`maxKeys` {number} Specifies the maximum number of keys to parse. Specify `0` to remove key counting limitations. **Default:** `1000`.",
                      "name": "maxKeys",
                      "type": "number",
                      "default": "`1000`",
                      "desc": "Specifies the maximum number of keys to parse. Specify `0` to remove key counting limitations."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "desc": "<p>The <code>querystring.parse()</code> method parses a URL query string (<code>str</code>) into a\ncollection of key and value pairs.</p>\n<p>For example, the query string <code>'foo=bar&abc=xyz&abc=123'</code> is parsed into:</p>\n<!-- eslint-skip -->\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">{\n  foo: 'bar',\n  abc: ['xyz', '123']\n}\n</code></pre>\n<p>The object returned by the <code>querystring.parse()</code> method <em>does not</em>\nprototypically inherit from the JavaScript <code>Object</code>. This means that typical\n<code>Object</code> methods such as <code>obj.toString()</code>, <code>obj.hasOwnProperty()</code>, and others\nare not defined and <em>will not work</em>.</p>\n<p>By default, percent-encoded characters within the query string will be assumed\nto use UTF-8 encoding. If an alternative character encoding is used, then an\nalternative <code>decodeURIComponent</code> option will need to be specified:</p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">// Assuming gbkDecodeURIComponent function already exists...\n\nquerystring.parse('w=%D6%D0%CE%C4&foo=bar', null, null,\n                  { decodeURIComponent: gbkDecodeURIComponent });\n</code></pre>"
        },
        {
          "textRaw": "`querystring.stringify(obj[, sep[, eq[, options]]])`",
          "type": "method",
          "name": "stringify",
          "meta": {
            "added": [
              "v0.1.25"
            ],
            "changes": []
          },
          "signatures": [
            {
              "params": [
                {
                  "textRaw": "`obj` {Object} The object to serialize into a URL query string",
                  "name": "obj",
                  "type": "Object",
                  "desc": "The object to serialize into a URL query string"
                },
                {
                  "textRaw": "`sep` {string} The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the query string. **Default:** `'&'`.",
                  "name": "sep",
                  "type": "string",
                  "default": "`'&'`",
                  "desc": "The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the query string."
                },
                {
                  "textRaw": "`eq` {string}. The substring used to delimit keys and values in the query string. **Default:** `'='`.",
                  "name": "eq",
                  "type": "string",
                  "default": "`'='`",
                  "desc": ". The substring used to delimit keys and values in the query string."
                },
                {
                  "textRaw": "`options`",
                  "name": "options",
                  "options": [
                    {
                      "textRaw": "`encodeURIComponent` {Function} The function to use when converting URL-unsafe characters to percent-encoding in the query string. **Default:** `querystring.escape()`.",
                      "name": "encodeURIComponent",
                      "type": "Function",
                      "default": "`querystring.escape()`",
                      "desc": "The function to use when converting URL-unsafe characters to percent-encoding in the query string."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "desc": "<p>The <code>querystring.stringify()</code> method produces a URL query string from a\ngiven <code>obj</code> by iterating through the object's \"own properties\".</p>\n<p>It serializes the following types of values passed in <code>obj</code>:\n<a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type\" class=\"type\"><string></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type\" class=\"type\"><number></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt\" class=\"type\"><bigint></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type\" class=\"type\"><boolean></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type\" class=\"type\"><string[]></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type\" class=\"type\"><number[]></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt\" class=\"type\"><bigint[]></a> | <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type\" class=\"type\"><boolean[]></a>\nThe numeric values must be finite. Any other input values will be coerced to\nempty strings.</p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">querystring.stringify({ foo: 'bar', baz: ['qux', 'quux'], corge: '' });\n// Returns 'foo=bar&baz=qux&baz=quux&corge='\n\nquerystring.stringify({ foo: 'bar', baz: 'qux' }, ';', ':');\n// Returns 'foo:bar;baz:qux'\n</code></pre>\n<p>By default, characters requiring percent-encoding within the query string will\nbe encoded as UTF-8. If an alternative encoding is required, then an alternative\n<code>encodeURIComponent</code> option will need to be specified:</p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-js\">// Assuming gbkEncodeURIComponent function already exists,\n\nquerystring.stringify({ w: '中文', foo: 'bar' }, null, null,\n                      { encodeURIComponent: gbkEncodeURIComponent });\n</code></pre>"
        },
        {
          "textRaw": "`querystring.unescape(str)`",
          "type": "method",
          "name": "unescape",
          "meta": {
            "added": [
              "v0.1.25"
            ],
            "changes": []
          },
          "signatures": [
            {
              "params": [
                {
                  "textRaw": "`str` {string}",
                  "name": "str",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "desc": "<p>The <code>querystring.unescape()</code> method performs decoding of URL percent-encoded\ncharacters on the given <code>str</code>.</p>\n<p>The <code>querystring.unescape()</code> method is used by <code>querystring.parse()</code> and is\ngenerally not expected to be used directly. It is exported primarily to allow\napplication code to provide a replacement decoding implementation if\nnecessary by assigning <code>querystring.unescape</code> to an alternative function.</p>\n<p>By default, the <code>querystring.unescape()</code> method will attempt to use the\nJavaScript built-in <code>decodeURIComponent()</code> method to decode. If that fails,\na safer equivalent that does not throw on malformed URLs will be used.</p>"
        }
      ],
      "type": "module",
      "displayName": "querystring"
    }
  ]
}