Javascript API POST Request from URL - javascript

Forgive me if I have titled this tread wrong, I don't know the correct terminology.
I have a link with values included, they are: id and environment therefore the url it formatted such ad https://foo.com?id=1234&e=s
With this url I need to take the id and the environment (Stage or production) and create a post body to set a flag as true.
So if e=s (environment = stage) I need post to
https://services-stage.foo.com/api/account//flag
Or if e = p (production)
https://services.foo.com/api/account//flag
Where = the id in the url
With POST body:
{
"type": OptionFlag,
"flag": true //Flag should be set to true
}
My problem is I don't know where to start with my limited javascript knowledge. I have created GET requests form api's in the past but never POST and never with parameters in the URL.
I now understand how to handle the post, however I am still at a loss on how I would get the Id and the environment data from the url to then pass them to the ajax url in the function.
function CustomerId(){
//Function for getting id number from URL
}
function apiEnvironment(){
//Function for getting environment from URL
}
function OptOut(CustomerId, apiEnvironment) {
jQuery.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: apiEnvironment + '/api/v1/account/' + CustomerId + '/optOut',
dataType: 'json',
contentType: 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
data : data,
success: {
}
});
}
This Is what I have so far...

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