Best way to list multiple tags in URL?

option 1 would be better as http://example.com/tags=lorem,ipsum,dolores

option 3 is a bit weird. would be better as

http://example.com?tags[]=lorem&tags[]=ipsum&tags[]=dolores

if you look at

request()->all()

you'll see that come through as an array of tags.

if there is no seo consideration then choose whatever way you like.

for seo, think what the data the page is returning.

eg http://example.com/articles?tag=foo I would expect all articles tagged with foo

eg http://example.com/articles?tag=foo,bar I would expect all articles tagged with foo and bar

for your url

http://example.com/tags/lorem,ipsum,dolores

i`ve no idea. its not going to tags with lorem,ipsum,dolores.

as for :

my vote would go to #1 because it'll be easier to print the URL in blade

if you printing a URL in the blade it makes no difference which method you are using as you will be printing it by a helper method or a getter on the resource. If you url needs to humanly parsable then go for the easiest one for a human to construct.

Here's an blog post which also can't make up its mind :D https://medium.com/raml-api/arrays-in-query-params-33189628fa68

@brtbrt The correct answer is @automica’s suggestion: you should accept an array of tags using a query string:

https://example.com?tags[]=tag1&tags[]=tag2&tags[]=tag3

You’ll then get those tags as an array in your controller, or where ever you need to use them:

public function index(Request $request)
{
    $tags = $request->query('tags'); // ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3']
}