Exports

Browser-compatible URL class, implemented by following the WHATWG URL Standard. Examples of parsed URLs may be found in the Standard itself. The URL class is also available on the global object.

In accordance with browser conventions, all properties of URL objects are implemented as getters and setters on the class prototype, rather than as data properties on the object itself. Thus, unlike legacy urlObjects, using the delete keyword on any properties of URL objects (e.g. delete myURL.protocol, delete myURL.pathname, etc) has no effect but will still return true.

@since v7.0.0, v6.13.0

The URLSearchParams API provides read and write access to the query of a URL. The URLSearchParams class can also be used standalone with one of the four following constructors. The URLSearchParams class is also available on the global object.

The WHATWG URLSearchParams interface and the querystring module have similar purpose, but the purpose of the querystring module is more general, as it allows the customization of delimiter characters (& and =). On the other hand, this API is designed purely for URL query strings.

const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/?abc=123');
console.log(myURL.searchParams.get('abc'));
// Prints 123

myURL.searchParams.append('abc', 'xyz');
console.log(myURL.href);
// Prints https://example.org/?abc=123&abc=xyz

myURL.searchParams.delete('abc');
myURL.searchParams.set('a', 'b');
console.log(myURL.href);
// Prints https://example.org/?a=b

const newSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(myURL.searchParams);
// The above is equivalent to
// const newSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(myURL.search);

newSearchParams.append('a', 'c');
console.log(myURL.href);
// Prints https://example.org/?a=b
console.log(newSearchParams.toString());
// Prints a=b&a=c

// newSearchParams.toString() is implicitly called
myURL.search = newSearchParams;
console.log(myURL.href);
// Prints https://example.org/?a=b&a=c
newSearchParams.delete('a');
console.log(myURL.href);
// Prints https://example.org/?a=b&a=c

@since v7.5.0, v6.13.0

Returns the Punycode ASCII serialization of the domain. If domain is an invalid domain, the empty string is returned.

It performs the inverse operation to domainToUnicode.

import url from 'node:url';

console.log(url.domainToASCII('español.com'));
// Prints xn--espaol-zwa.com
console.log(url.domainToASCII('中文.com'));
// Prints xn--fiq228c.com
console.log(url.domainToASCII('xn--iñvalid.com'));
// Prints an empty string

@since v7.4.0, v6.13.0

Returns the Unicode serialization of the domain. If domain is an invalid domain, the empty string is returned.

It performs the inverse operation to domainToASCII.

import url from 'node:url';

console.log(url.domainToUnicode('xn--espaol-zwa.com'));
// Prints español.com
console.log(url.domainToUnicode('xn--fiq228c.com'));
// Prints 中文.com
console.log(url.domainToUnicode('xn--iñvalid.com'));
// Prints an empty string

@since v7.4.0, v6.13.0

This function ensures the correct decodings of percent-encoded characters as well as ensuring a cross-platform valid absolute path string.

import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);

new URL('file:///C:/path/').pathname;      // Incorrect: /C:/path/
fileURLToPath('file:///C:/path/');         // Correct:   C:\path\ (Windows)

new URL('file://nas/foo.txt').pathname;    // Incorrect: /foo.txt
fileURLToPath('file://nas/foo.txt');       // Correct:   \\nas\foo.txt (Windows)

new URL('file:///你好.txt').pathname;      // Incorrect: /%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD.txt
fileURLToPath('file:///你好.txt');         // Correct:   /你好.txt (POSIX)

new URL('file:///hello world').pathname;   // Incorrect: /hello%20world
fileURLToPath('file:///hello world');      // Correct:   /hello world (POSIX)

@since v10.12.0

Returns. The fully-resolved platform-specific Node.js file path.

Like url.fileURLToPath(...) except that instead of returning a string representation of the path, a Buffer is returned. This conversion is helpful when the input URL contains percent-encoded segments that are not valid UTF-8 / Unicode sequences.

@since v22.18.0

Returns. The fully-resolved platform-specific Node.js file path as a Buffer.

The url.format() method returns a formatted URL string derived from urlObject.

import url from 'node:url';
url.format({
protocol: 'https',
hostname: 'example.com',
pathname: '/some/path',
query: {
page: 1,
format: 'json',
},
});

// => 'https://example.com/some/path?page=1&format=json'

If urlObject is not an object or a string, url.format() will throw a TypeError.

The formatting process operates as follows:

• A new empty string result is created.
• If urlObject.protocol is a string, it is appended as-is to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.protocol is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• For all string values of urlObject.protocol that do not end with an ASCII colon (:) character, the literal string : will be appended to result.
• If either of the following conditions is true, then the literal string // will be appended to result:
• urlObject.slashes property is true;
• urlObject.protocol begins with http, https, ftp, gopher, or file;
• If the value of the urlObject.auth property is truthy, and either urlObject.host or urlObject.hostname are not undefined, the value of urlObject.auth will be coerced into a string and appended to result followed by the literal string @.
• If the urlObject.host property is undefined then:
• If the urlObject.hostname is a string, it is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.hostname is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• If the urlObject.port property value is truthy, and urlObject.hostname is not undefined:
• The literal string : is appended to result, and
• The value of urlObject.port is coerced to a string and appended to result.
• Otherwise, if the urlObject.host property value is truthy, the value of urlObject.host is coerced to a string and appended to result.
• If the urlObject.pathname property is a string that is not an empty string:
• If the urlObject.pathname does not start with an ASCII forward slash (/), then the literal string '/' is appended to result.
• The value of urlObject.pathname is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.pathname is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• If the urlObject.search property is undefined and if the urlObject.queryproperty is an Object, the literal string ? is appended to result followed by the output of calling the querystring module's stringify() method passing the value of urlObject.query.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.search is a string:
• If the value of urlObject.search does not start with the ASCII question mark (?) character, the literal string ? is appended to result.
• The value of urlObject.search is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.search is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• If the urlObject.hash property is a string:
• If the value of urlObject.hash does not start with the ASCII hash (#) character, the literal string # is appended to result.
• The value of urlObject.hash is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if the urlObject.hash property is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• result is returned.

@since v0.1.25

The url.format() method returns a formatted URL string derived from urlObject.

import url from 'node:url';
url.format({
protocol: 'https',
hostname: 'example.com',
pathname: '/some/path',
query: {
page: 1,
format: 'json',
},
});

// => 'https://example.com/some/path?page=1&format=json'

If urlObject is not an object or a string, url.format() will throw a TypeError.

The formatting process operates as follows:

• A new empty string result is created.
• If urlObject.protocol is a string, it is appended as-is to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.protocol is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• For all string values of urlObject.protocol that do not end with an ASCII colon (:) character, the literal string : will be appended to result.
• If either of the following conditions is true, then the literal string // will be appended to result:
• urlObject.slashes property is true;
• urlObject.protocol begins with http, https, ftp, gopher, or file;
• If the value of the urlObject.auth property is truthy, and either urlObject.host or urlObject.hostname are not undefined, the value of urlObject.auth will be coerced into a string and appended to result followed by the literal string @.
• If the urlObject.host property is undefined then:
• If the urlObject.hostname is a string, it is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.hostname is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• If the urlObject.port property value is truthy, and urlObject.hostname is not undefined:
• The literal string : is appended to result, and
• The value of urlObject.port is coerced to a string and appended to result.
• Otherwise, if the urlObject.host property value is truthy, the value of urlObject.host is coerced to a string and appended to result.
• If the urlObject.pathname property is a string that is not an empty string:
• If the urlObject.pathname does not start with an ASCII forward slash (/), then the literal string '/' is appended to result.
• The value of urlObject.pathname is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.pathname is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• If the urlObject.search property is undefined and if the urlObject.queryproperty is an Object, the literal string ? is appended to result followed by the output of calling the querystring module's stringify() method passing the value of urlObject.query.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.search is a string:
• If the value of urlObject.search does not start with the ASCII question mark (?) character, the literal string ? is appended to result.
• The value of urlObject.search is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if urlObject.search is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• If the urlObject.hash property is a string:
• If the value of urlObject.hash does not start with the ASCII hash (#) character, the literal string # is appended to result.
• The value of urlObject.hash is appended to result.
• Otherwise, if the urlObject.hash property is not undefined and is not a string, an Error is thrown.
• result is returned.

@since v0.1.25

The url.parse() method takes a URL string, parses it, and returns a URL object.

A TypeError is thrown if urlString is not a string.

A URIError is thrown if the auth property is present but cannot be decoded.

url.parse() uses a lenient, non-standard algorithm for parsing URL strings. It is prone to security issues such as host name spoofing and incorrect handling of usernames and passwords. Do not use with untrusted input. CVEs are not issued for url.parse() vulnerabilities. Use the WHATWG URL API instead.

@since v0.1.25

The url.parse() method takes a URL string, parses it, and returns a URL object.

A TypeError is thrown if urlString is not a string.

A URIError is thrown if the auth property is present but cannot be decoded.

url.parse() uses a lenient, non-standard algorithm for parsing URL strings. It is prone to security issues such as host name spoofing and incorrect handling of usernames and passwords. Do not use with untrusted input. CVEs are not issued for url.parse() vulnerabilities. Use the WHATWG URL API instead.

@since v0.1.25

The url.parse() method takes a URL string, parses it, and returns a URL object.

A TypeError is thrown if urlString is not a string.

A URIError is thrown if the auth property is present but cannot be decoded.

url.parse() uses a lenient, non-standard algorithm for parsing URL strings. It is prone to security issues such as host name spoofing and incorrect handling of usernames and passwords. Do not use with untrusted input. CVEs are not issued for url.parse() vulnerabilities. Use the WHATWG URL API instead.

@since v0.1.25

This function ensures that path is resolved absolutely, and that the URL control characters are correctly encoded when converting into a File URL.

import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';

new URL('/foo#1', 'file:');           // Incorrect: file:///foo#1
pathToFileURL('/foo#1');              // Correct:   file:///foo%231 (POSIX)

new URL('/some/path%.c', 'file:');    // Incorrect: file:///some/path%.c
pathToFileURL('/some/path%.c');       // Correct:   file:///some/path%25.c (POSIX)

@since v10.12.0

Returns. The file URL object.

The url.resolve() method resolves a target URL relative to a base URL in a manner similar to that of a web browser resolving an anchor tag.

import url from 'node:url';
url.resolve('/one/two/three', 'four');         // '/one/two/four'
url.resolve('http://example.com/', '/one');    // 'http://example.com/one'
url.resolve('http://example.com/one', '/two'); // 'http://example.com/two'

To achieve the same result using the WHATWG URL API:

function resolve(from, to) {
const resolvedUrl = new URL(to, new URL(from, 'resolve://'));
if (resolvedUrl.protocol === 'resolve:') {
// `from` is a relative URL.
const { pathname, search, hash } = resolvedUrl;
return pathname + search + hash;
}
return resolvedUrl.toString();
}

resolve('/one/two/three', 'four');         // '/one/two/four'
resolve('http://example.com/', '/one');    // 'http://example.com/one'
resolve('http://example.com/one', '/two'); // 'http://example.com/two'

@since v0.1.25

This utility function converts a URL object into an ordinary options object as expected by the http.request() and https.request() APIs.

import { urlToHttpOptions } from 'node:url';
const myURL = new URL('https://a:b@測試?abc#foo');

console.log(urlToHttpOptions(myURL));
/*
{
protocol: 'https:',
hostname: 'xn--g6w251d',
hash: '#foo',
search: '?abc',
pathname: '/',
path: '/?abc',
href: 'https://a:b@xn--g6w251d/?abc#foo',
auth: 'a:b'
}

@since v15.7.0, v14.18.0

Returns. Options object