replace query-string with better supported alternative

[greghutch]

See:

Out of scope for this change, but might want to consider using URL and URLSearchParams instead.

https://github.com/sindresorhus/query-string/issues/307 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/searchParams