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