remove query-string from client side

assets/js/src/counter.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import fetch from "cross-fetch";
 import numeral from "numeral";
-import * as queryString from "query-string";
 
 // don't continue if there isn't a span#meta-hits element on this page
 const wrapper = document.getElementById("meta-hits");
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ if (wrapper) {
   // strip beginning and ending forward slash
   const slug = canonical.pathname.slice(1, -1);
 
-  fetch(queryString.stringifyUrl({ url: "/api/hits/", query: { slug: slug } }))
+  fetch(`/api/hits/?slug=${encodeURIComponent(slug)}`)
     .then((response) => response.json())
     .then((data) => {
       if (data.hits) {