How can we get only hash value without query params using javascript/jquery ?
Problem is,
http://www.somedomain.com/me/terms.html#terms - location.hash.substr(1) - terms
http://www.somedomain.com/me/terms.html#terms?queryParam=1 - location.hash.substr(1) - terms?queryParam=1
we can parse the URL and get the hash value but is there any direct/efficient methods available javascript/jquery ?
The fragment identifier should be AFTER the query string. From Wikipedia:
The syntax (for url scheme) is: scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id
This is important, as in your example the query string would not reach the server. If you are using a front-end library, you might have access to some APIs that let you access it though. The $location service in AngularJS by default addresses ONLY the part after the first hash (as the hash indicates routing start for the front-end app). https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/$location
in your case, $location.path() would equal terms and $location.search() would equal queryparam=1; $location.hash() would be null.
Easiest way would probably be to use a regex that starts on the hash and ends on the ? or end of string. Something like this:
/#(.+)\??/gi
First capture group should yield out the contents of the hash.
Don't even have to regex. It is already here as part of Javascript with location.hash;
Assume that the current URL is http://www.example.com/test.htm#part2: var x = location.hash; The result of x will be: #part2 
test.html#part2?queryParamm=1 window.location.hash give #part2
window.location.search give ?queryParamm=1
for more see http://tech-blog.maddyzone.com/javascript/get-current-url-javascript-jquery
