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I'm currently building some custom filters for a web api. I thought of a custom query string that looks like in the following example:

http://localhost/api/users?filter=

age(min:18,max:45),explvl(atleast:60),classes(types:[golem,tank,dozer])

I didn't want to encode Json to Base64 on the clientside and I find this format much easier to read. Currently I get the filter query parameter back as string. The question I have is how to effectively transform this format to json and backwards if possible.

I'm also open for alternative solutions that achieve the same readability and provide a parser implementation.

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  • AFAIK JSON wont work as query string because of the quotation marks Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 9:58
  • There's a few types of invalid characters in there, how is this going to work without any form of encoding? Or am I misunderstanding the question? Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 10:00
  • why not just use "post" with normal filter object? (json as is) Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 10:03
  • @Aleksey: Because I have a Pagination mechanism that generates links for the previous and the next page. So I need to pass those filters with some sort of query string. I'm also no fan of using HTTP POST in cases I want to GET Data. Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 10:09
  • @JayMee: I tested the query string and I get it back without problems. Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 10:13
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