Intent to Prototype: Add value argument to URLSearchParams's has() and delete()

[Debadree Chatterjee]

Contact emails

debad...@gmail.com

Explainer

None

Specification

https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-urlsearchparams-has

Summary

This feature adds the ability to pass a `value` argument to URLSearchParams's has() and delete() methods which allow for deleting tuples stored in URLSearchParams either by the `name` parameter or by the combination of `name` and `value`

Blink component

Blink

Motivation

This particular addition to the standards has been a long requested and gives developers much needed flexibility in the has() and delete() apis allowing to delete specific tuples.

Initial public proposal

None

TAG review

None

TAG review status

Not applicable

Risks

Interoperability and Compatibility

Compatibility with existing websites were tested by means of a Counter in chromium, ref: https://github.com/whatwg/url/pull/735#issuecomment-1441503315 and no significant chances of breaking were found

Gecko: No signal

WebKit: Has shipped (https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/13500)

Web developers: No signals

Other signals:

WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?

Unknown but most probably no.

Debuggability

None

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?

Yes

Flag name

None

Requires code in //chrome?

False

Tracking bug

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1442916

Estimated milestones

No milestones specified

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5147732899004416

Links to previous Intent discussions

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[Yoav Weiss]

Thanks for working towards alignment here! :)

On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 2:25 PM Debadree Chatterjee <debad...@gmail.com> wrote:

Contact emails

debad...@gmail.com

Explainer

None

Specification

https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-urlsearchparams-has

Summary

This feature adds the ability to pass a `value` argument to URLSearchParams's has() and delete() methods which allow for deleting tuples stored in URLSearchParams either by the `name` parameter or by the combination of `name` and `value`

Blink component

Blink

Motivation

This particular addition to the standards has been a long requested and gives developers much needed flexibility in the has() and delete() apis allowing to delete specific tuples.

Initial public proposal

None

TAG review

None

TAG review status

Not applicable

Risks

Interoperability and Compatibility

Compatibility with existing websites were tested by means of a Counter in chromium, ref: https://github.com/whatwg/url/pull/735#issuecomment-1441503315 and no significant chances of breaking were found

The usecounter shows usage at 0.006% of page views, which is low but not low enough for this to be trivial.

At the same time, the list of origins that show this in the HTTPArchive is not huge and rather homogenic. So some sampling of these sites can go a long way to reassure the API owners regarding lack of breakage once this reaches the "Intent to ship" phase.

 

Gecko: No signal

It might be worthwhile to file for a signal - https://bit.ly/blink-signals

 

WebKit: Has shipped (https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/13500)

Web developers: No signals

Other signals:

WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?

Unknown but most probably no.

Debuggability

None

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?

Yes

Flag name

None

Requires code in //chrome?

False

Tracking bug

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1442916

Estimated milestones

No milestones specified

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5147732899004416

Links to previous Intent discussions

This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status.

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[Debadree Chatterjee]

Hey! so sorry for missing it I filed for moving it to the Intent to Ship stage since it was recommended that it's small enough a feature to move to that stage here: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/rDaQdKpWAx8

I have also filed for a Mozilla standards position as you mention!

So sorry once again for not mentioning the same here (new to the process hence had gotten confused intially)

Yours Sincerely,

Debadree

[Yoav Weiss]

No worries at all! :)