queryStringLikeToObject.js

/* The idea here is that we take something that's formatted like a query string, and
   return a dictionary (object) it represents
*/
function qsLikeToObj(qsLike){    
  var obj = {};
  qsLike.replace(
    new RegExp("([^?=&]+)(=([^&]*))?", "g"),
    function($0, $1, $2, $3) { obj[$1] = $3; }
  );
  return obj;
}