Convenience method for serializing URLSearchParams

[timruffles]

It'd be great to have a simple static method to go from key-value data to a formatted string in a single step:

// using typescript to reveal types

// the idiomatic way to express kv data in JS
type dict = { [key: string]: string };

class URLSearchParams {
  static toQueryString(params: URLSearchParams | dict): string;
}

This'd allow for idiomatic composition with other core JS APIs, making for a pleasant developer experience:

// creating
const queries = [{ k1: "v1"}, { k1: "v2" }]
const results = queries
  .map(URLSearchParams.toQueryString)
  // [ 'k1=v1&k1=v2' ]
  .map(qs => fetch(someUrl + "?" + qs))

[timruffles]

Prior art: NodeJS

[annevk]

Isn't this just obj.toString()?

[annevk]

Apologies for the late reply by the way.

[timruffles]

That'd require instantiation via new. This is a static method in the style of Math.random, that can be passed around etc.

[annevk]

Since there haven't been a lot of requests for this I'm going to close this. If someone can demonstrate this is a popular thing for libraries to add and a popular question on StackOverflow I'm happy to reconsider.