URL6

A more practical URL parser for Node.js that combines new and legacy APIs.

Install

npm install url6 --save

Example

const { URL } = require("url6");

var url = new URL("https://root:123456@example.com:443/dir/filename.html?lang=en-US#id");
console.log(url);

url.protocol = "http:"; // change protocol
url.hostname = "github.com"; // change hostname
url.port = 80; // change port
url.query.author = "Ayon Lee"; // modify query object.

console.log(url);

API

class URL

• new URL(input?: string)
• url.href: string
• url.protocol: string with trailing :.
• url.slashes: boolean whether // appears after the protocol.
• url.auth: string
• url.username: string
• url.password: string
• url.host: string
• url.hostname: string without trailing port number.
• url.port: number
• url.origin: string readonly.
• url.path: string
• url.pathname: string without trailing search string.
• url.search: string
• url.query: { [key: string]: string } parsed by qs module.
• url.hash: string
• url.toString() same as url.href.
• url.toJSON() same as url.toString().

This module is meant to bring some features from Node.js 8.0+ to Node.js 6.X or even lower versions, it cannot be run in browser, use native URL instead.