function gup( name ) {
  name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
  var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
  var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
  if( results == null )
	return "";
  else
	return results[1];
}

// To use, simple do: Get_Cookie('cookie_name'); 
// replace cookie_name with the real cookie name, '' are required
function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found ) 
	{
		return null;
	}
}

function Set_Cookie( name, value, minutes, path, domain, secure ) {
	// set time, it's in milliseconds
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime( today.getTime() );
	// if the expires variable is set, make the correct expires time, the
	// current script below will set it for x number of days, to make it
	// for hours, delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
	if ( minutes )
	{
		minutes = minutes * 1000 * 60;
	}
	//alert( 'today ' + today.toGMTString() );// this is for testing purpose only
	var minutes_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (minutes) );
	//alert('minutes ' + minutes_date.toGMTString());// this is for testing purposes only

	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
		( ( minutes ) ? ";expires=" + minutes_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //minutes.toGMTString()
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}


if(gup("config_id")!=null && gup("config_id")!="") {
	Set_Cookie("configID",gup("config_id"), 60*24*60, "/", ".gohealthinsurance.com");
}

if(gup("link_id")!=null && gup("link_id")!="") {
	Set_Cookie("linkID",gup("link_id"),60*24*60, "/", ".gohealthinsurance.com");
}

if(gup("ncmp_id")!=null && gup("ncmp_id")!="") {
	Set_Cookie("ncmpID",gup("ncmp_id"),60*24*60, "/", ".gohealthinsurance.com");
}

if(gup("affiliate_id")!=null && gup("affiliate_id")!="") {
   Set_Cookie("affiliateID",gup("affiliate_id"),60*24*60, "/", ".gohealthinsurance.com");
}

/**
	Returns the value of paramName if in URL
	or the value of cookieName if a cookie with that name is set.
	If the cookie does not exists it returns the empty string.
**/
function getValue(paramName, cookieName){
   var value=gup(paramName);

   if(value!=null && value!=""){
      return value;
   }else{
		if ( Get_Cookie(cookieName) != null)
      	return Get_Cookie(cookieName);
		else
			return "";
	}
}

function getLinkID(){
   return getValue("link_id", "linkID");
}

function getConfigID(){
	return getValue("config_id", "configID");
}

function getNcmpID(){
	return getValue("ncmp_id", "ncmpID");
}

function getAffiliateID(){
   return getValue("affiliate_id", "affiliateID");
}