Utility functions for creating query parameters URL for Deployd.com RESTful API mongodb

deployd-utils.js

function createQueryString(query) {
    var parts = [];
    for (var k in query) {
        if (query.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
            parts.push(encodeURIComponent(k) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(query[k]));
        }
    }
    return parts.join('&');
}

function isComplex(obj) {
    if (obj) {
        for (var k in obj) {
            if (obj.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
                if (typeof obj[k] !== 'string') {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return false;
}


function encodeIfComplex(query) {
    if (isComplex(query)) {
        return encodeURI(JSON.stringify(query));
    } else if (query) {
        return createQueryString(query);
    }
}


// USAGE
var query = { books: {$elemMatch: {title:'Harry Potter'} } };
var mongo_url_query = encodeIfComplex(query);
// RESULT: %7B%22books%22:%7B%22$elemMatch%22:%7B%22title%22:%22Harry%20Potter%22%7D%7D%7D