How does text url parameter work? [duplicate] - html

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I want to display text from data in url and access it using the same. Eg.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24888693/how-does-out-parameter-work
Notice how this page is accessed using the param how-does-out-parameter-work
Currently i am using requireJs with backboneJs in my web app. So, in my router i am routing like
siteTitle = 'Boiler Plate';
define([
'jquery',
'underscore',
'backbone',
'handlebars',
'jcookie',
'views/home',
'views/404'
], function ($, _, Backbone, Handlebars, jcookie, HomePage, FoFPage) {
var AppRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
':*':'home',
'home' : 'home',
'home/:a' : 'home',
'*whatever' : '404'
},
home: function (a) {
document.title = siteTitle + ' - Home';
homePage = new HomePage({route: a});
homePage.render();
},
404: function(){
document.title = siteTitle + ' - 404';
fofPage = new FoFPage;
fofPage.render();
}
});
var initialize = function () {
var app_router = new AppRouter;
Backbone.history.start();
};
return {
initialize: initialize,
AppRouter: AppRouter
}
});
Notice that i am getting the passed parameter a and them loading the page accordingly. Currently i am setting that parameter a as a number that is my post ID and using it accordingly. Bu if i want to pass a portion of my post's heading and access it how can i do that?
I can think of one way is selecting substring from mysql data base and based on url input but it wont help as if the parameter is how-does-out-parameter-work i can never parse it as How does 'out' (parameter) work? which is actual text in database. What am i missing?
UPDATE
the ignoring the post param is only applicable in stackvoerflow not on this site
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/10/hate-crime-spike-us-donald-trump-president is using something else. What am i missing?

Answer 1

If you're attempting to follow the same process as Stackoverflow, they appear to use an Id for each question. I can only speculate what the title parameter is used for.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24888693/how-does-out-parameter-work
Equates to the following:
{domain}/{questions}/{questionId}/{title-string}
You can see that the title-string is an option parameter as the following will still route you to the correct question
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24888693
The additional parameter is likely to stop duplicate Ids causing an issue in the database if the question Id counter has to be reset.
Maybe you can clarify why you need to search for a hypenated string in the databse?