# Retrieve only GET parameters

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieve-only-get-parameters/112568>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieve-only-get-parameters/112568 "2007-08-20T23:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ktheory)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieve-only-get-parameters/112568/1 "2007-08-20T23:55:26Z")

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The rails documentation states:

“All request parameters, whether they come from a GET or POST request,  
or from the URL, are available through the params method which returns a  
hash.”

How do I get a hash containing only the GET parameters?

Thanks,  
Aaron

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**Author:** ![ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@ktheory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ktheory)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/retrieve-only-get-parameters/112568/2 "2007-08-21T00:24:46Z")

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This seems to work:

request.query\_parameters