Method to convert a search string into search parameters.

get-parameters-method.js

function getParameters(searchText) {
  const result = {
    text: null,
    parameters: {},
  };

  let match;
  let key;
  let value;
  let list = [];
  const find = / ([a-z]+):\"([^\"]+)\" /gim;

  if (searchText) {
    searchText = ' ' + searchText.replace(/\s+/gim, '  ') + ' ';

    do {
      match = find.exec(searchText);
      if (match) {
        key = match[1].toLowerCase();
        value = match[2];

        if (!result.parameters[key]) {
          result.parameters[key] = [];
        }

        list = value.split('|');

        for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
          result.parameters[key].push(
            list[i].replace(/\s+/gim, ' ').replace(/^\s+|\s+$/gim, '')
          );
        }
      }
    } while (match);

    searchText = searchText.replace(find, ' ');
    searchText = searchText.replace(/\s+/gim, ' ');
    searchText = searchText.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/gim, '');

    result.text = searchText;
  }

  return result;
}