NodeJs : Any way to bypass querystring.stringify with empty Object? - node.js

Question

I am working currently on a project that requires to send custom GET HTTP requests.
I am using the default querystring builder : the Documentation
const querystring = require('querystring');
The problem is for Object (probably also for empty array) such as
extendTypes={}
is serialiazed as :
extendTypes=
The expected result :
extendTypes={}
or its URI encoded version :
extendTypes%3D%7B%7D
So , how can I ever hope to do that ? If It is impossible with the in-builded module, which one could do what I want.
Here is my full code if you want :
function generateGetRequest(dataMap, url) {
let queryParams = {};
let uriParams = {};
for (let [key, value] of dataMap) {
// if value is an object or an array
if (value instanceof Object || value instanceof Array) {
uriParams[key] = value;
} else {
// param working for superagent
queryParams[key] = value;
}
}
let queryParamsUri = querystring.stringify(uriParams);
console.log(queryParamsUri);
let finalUrl = url + ( (Object.keys(uriParams).length > 0) ? "?" + queryParamsUri : "");
}

Answer 1

I finally found a workaround , if someone wants to know :
let request = require("superagent");
function generateGetRequest(dataMap, url) {
let queryParams = {};
let queryParamsUri = "";
let isFirstParam = true;
for (let [key, value] of dataMap) {
// if value is an object or an array
if (value instanceof Object) {
// Workaround for empty object or array = https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/12234
queryParamsUri += ((!isFirstParam) ? "&": "") + key + "=" + JSON.stringify(value);
// for next call
isFirstParam = false;
} else {
// param working for superagent
queryParams[key] = value;
}
}
let finalUrl = url + ( (!isFirstParam) ? "?" + queryParamsUri : "");
return request
.get(finalUrl)
.query(queryParams);
}