Use Case

As a Developer
I want the driver to use the global WHATWG URLSearchParams class.
So that the driver relies on the standard web API available in all modern runtimes instead of the Node.js-specific url module.

User Experience

• Driver uses globalThis.URLSearchParams for connection string parsing.

Risks/Unknowns

Edge Cases: Node's implementation of url might handle specific edge cases (like + vs %20 encoding) differently than the strict WHATWG browser standard. We must ensure MongoDB connection string parsing rules are preserved.

Acceptance Criteria

Implementation Requirements

• Remove import: Remove require('url') usage for URLSearchParams.
• Usage: Replace new (require('url').URLSearchParams)(...) with new URLSearchParams(...).
• Compatibility: Ensure parsing behavior (handling of +, %20, etc.) matches expectations for connection strings.

Testing Requirements

• Connection string parsing tests (including spec tests) must pass using the global implementation.
• Verify node:url is not imported for parsing logic.

Documentation Requirements

• DOCSP ticket, API docs, etc

Follow Up Requirements

• additional tickets to file, required releases, etc
• if node behavior differs/will differ from other drivers, confirm with dbx devs what standard to aim for and what plan, if any, exists to reconcile the diverging behavior moving forward