This and the other “Deck” posts are a repurposing of flashcard study decks to Q&A blog posts.
What is a query parameter?
A query parameter is a key value pair or set of pairs appended to the end of a URL.
When would you use a path parameter vs query parameter?
Query parameters are most often used to filter for resources within a collection while URL Paths are used to locate a resource type. For example cars.co/toyota/camery is using a url path to find all cars of type Camry but cars.co/toyota/camery?color=red is using the URL path and a query param to filter the collection of Camry's to only give back results that include a color red.
What is a query parameter used for?
A query parameter is most often used to filter a collection of data by some attribute of that data. ex data.com/cars?color=red which filters a collection of cars for only those whose color is red.
What is the syntax for using a query parameter?
You first indicate you are using query parameter by using a ? followed by the key value pair, all query parameters after the first use an & to indicate there is another query param `someurl.com?firstQp=bah&secondQp=humbug`.