module Webrat class ParamParser def self.parse_query_parameters(query_string) return {} if query_string.blank? pairs = query_string.split('&').collect do |chunk| next if chunk.empty? key, value = chunk.split('=', 2) next if key.empty? value = value.nil? ? nil : CGI.unescape(value) [ CGI.unescape(key), value ] end.compact UrlEncodedPairParser.new(pairs).result end end end