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---
title: querify
linktitle: querify
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description: Takes a set or slice of key-value pairs and returns a query string to be appended to URLs.
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date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
parent: "functions"
keywords: [urls]
godocref:
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signature: ["querify KEY VALUE [KEY VALUE]...", "querify COLLECTION"]
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hugoversion:
deprecated: false
workson: []
relatedfuncs: []
aliases: []
---
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`querify` takes a set or slice of key-value pairs and returns a [query string ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string ) that can be appended to a URL.
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The following examples create a link to a search results page on Google.
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```go-html-template
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< a href = "https://www.google.com?{{ (querify " q " " test " " page " 3 ) | safeURL } } " > Search< / a >
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{{ $qs := slice "q" "test" "page" 3 }}
< a href = "https://www.google.com?{{ (querify $qs) | safeURL }}" > Search< / a >
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```
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Both of these examples render the following HTML:
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```html
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< a href = "https://www.google.com?page=3&q=test" > Search< / a >
```