"""Extract URL parameters from a given URL and return them as a dictionary.

This function parses the query parameters from the provided URL and converts them into a dictionary where keys are parameter names and values are their corresponding values. If the URL is empty or contains no query parameters, an empty dictionary is returned.

Args:
    url (str): The URL from which to extract the query parameters.

Returns:
    Dict: A dictionary containing the URL parameters. If the URL is empty or has no query parameters, an empty dictionary is returned.
"""