title: Parsing Query String in node.js
body: <p>In this "Hello World" example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// Load the http module to create an http server.
  var http = require('http');
  
  // Configure our HTTP server to respond with Hello World to all requests.
  var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
    response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
    response.end("Hello World\n");
  });
  
  // Listen on port 8000, IP defaults to 127.0.0.1
  server.listen(8000);
  
  // Put a friendly message on the terminal
  console.log("Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I get the parameters from the query string?</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://127.0.0.1:8000/status?name=ryan
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In the documentation, they mentioned:</p>
  
  <pre><code>node&gt; require('url').parse('/status?name=ryan', true)
  { href: '/status?name=ryan'
  , search: '?name=ryan'
  , query: { name: 'ryan' }
  , pathname: '/status'
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I did not understand how to use it. Could anyone explain?</p>