Resolves Issue #217

assets/js/fortranlang.js

@@ -7,22 +7,6 @@ fortranLang = {
 
 baseurl: '{{site.baseurl}}',
 
-findGetParameter:
-    (function findGetParameter(parameterName) {
-        // Return a GET HTTP parameter
-        var result = null,
-            tmp = [];
-        location.search
-            .substr(1)
-            .split("&")
-            .forEach(function (item) {
-            tmp = item.split("=");
-            if (tmp[0] === parameterName) result = decodeURIComponent(tmp[1]);
-            });
-        return result;
-    }),
-
-
 loadJSON:
     (function loadJSON(url, onLoad) {
         // Load JSON data from url
@@ -40,4 +24,4 @@ loadJSON:
         });
     })
 
-};
+};

assets/js/package_search.js

@@ -6,16 +6,19 @@
         fortranLang.loadJSON(fortranLang.baseurl+'/packages/package_index.json', search);
 
     }
+
 
 
     function search(data){
         // Called after json data is loaded
-        //
 
         projects = data.projects;
-
+
+        var url = new URL(window.location.href); //converts the url from index page and extracts the parameter "query" 
+
         // Get search string
-        var queryString = fortranLang.findGetParameter('query').replace(/\+/g," ").replace(/"/g,'');
+        var queryString = url.searchParams.get("query");
+
         document.getElementById('search-query').value = queryString;
 
         results = searchProjects(queryString,projects);