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[Docs] add note and links for coercing primitive values (#408)
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DesignByOnyx authored and ljharb committed Apr 9, 2021
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trim_trailing_whitespace = true
insert_final_newline = true
max_line_length = 160
quote_type = single

[test/*]
max_line_length = off
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(_this cannot convert nested objects, such as `a={b:1},{c:d}`_)

### Parsing primitive/scalar values (numbers, booleans, null, etc)

By default, all values are parsed as strings. This behavior will not change and is explained in [issue #91](https://github.com/ljharb/qs/issues/91).

```javascript
var primitiveValues = qs.parse('a=15&b=true&c=null');
assert.deepEqual(primitiveValues, { a: '15', b: 'true', c: 'null' });
```

If you wish to auto-convert values which look like numbers, booleans, and other values into their primitive counterparts, you can use the [query-types Express JS middleware](https://github.com/xpepermint/query-types) which will auto-convert all request query parameters.

### Stringifying

[](#preventEval)
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