NodeJS URL Modules

URL Modules

Url module is one of the core modules in NodeJS, which provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing. To include the URL module, use the require() method:-

example

var url = require('url');

The NodeJS URL module is one of the very important modules, which provides various properties to deal with URL, which includes the following:-

URL Module Properties	Description
href	It provides the complete URL string.
protocol	It is used to gets and sets the protocol portion of the URL.
host	It returns the hostname and port number.
hostname	It returns the lower-cased hostname portion of the host component.
port	It returns the port number specified in the URL.
pathname	It is used to gets and sets the path portion of the URL.
search	It is used to gets and sets the serialized query portion of the URL.
query	It returns either the params portion of the query string, or a querystring-parsed object.
hash	It is used to gets and sets the fragment portion of the URL.

Key Takeaways

The URL class (WHATWG URL API) is the modern way to parse and construct URLs in Node.js.
new URL(urlString) parses a URL into its components: protocol, hostname, pathname, search, hash.
URLSearchParams makes it easy to read and modify query string parameters.
The legacy url.parse() is deprecated - use the WHATWG URL API instead.
url.resolve() is also deprecated - use new URL(path, base) for URL resolution.
Always encode user input in URLs using encodeURIComponent() to prevent injection attacks.

NodeJS URL Modules

URL Modules

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