title: Get query parameters in React, Typescript
body: <p>I have a component that looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class MyView extends React.Component&lt;{}, {}&gt; {
      render() {
          console.log((this.props as any).params); // prints empty object
          return (
              &lt;div&gt;Sample&lt;/div&gt;
          );
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to print the URL query params but I get an empty object.
  (Yes, I know that I declared {} as Props but if I don't define it, it does not compile).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to pass a "default" props object to my component so that I can access <code>this.props.params</code>? Or should it be done in a different way in TypeScript?</p>