Question

How do you decode an URL in Javascript?

Answer 1

The decodeURI() function is used to decode a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) previously created by encodeURI().

var uri = "https://mozilla.org/?x=шеллы";
var encoded = encodeURI(uri);
console.log(encoded); // https://mozilla.org/?x=%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8B
try {
  console.log(decodeURI(encoded)); // "https://mozilla.org/?x=шеллы"
} catch (e) {
  // catches a malformed URI
  console.error(e);
}