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# url-parse |
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[](https://saucelabs.com/u/url-parse) |
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**`url-parse` was created in 2014 when the WHATWG URL API was not available in |
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Node.js and the `URL` interface was supported only in some browsers. Today this |
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is no longer true. The `URL` interface is available in all supported Node.js |
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release lines and basically all browsers. Consider using it for better security |
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and accuracy.** |
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The `url-parse` method exposes two different API interfaces. The |
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[`url`](https://nodejs.org/api/url.html) interface that you know from Node.js |
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and the new [`URL`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL) |
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interface that is available in the latest browsers. |
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In version `0.1` we moved from a DOM based parsing solution, using the `<a>` |
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element, to a full Regular Expression solution. The main reason for this was |
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to make the URL parser available in different JavaScript environments as you |
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don't always have access to the DOM. An example of such environment is the |
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[`Worker`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Worker) interface. |
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The RegExp based solution didn't work well as it required a lot of lookups |
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causing major problems in FireFox. In version `1.0.0` we ditched the RegExp |
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based solution in favor of a pure string parsing solution which chops up the |
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URL into smaller pieces. This module still has a really small footprint as it |
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has been designed to be used on the client side. |
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In addition to URL parsing we also expose the bundled `querystringify` module. |
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## Installation |
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This module is designed to be used using either browserify or Node.js it's |
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released in the public npm registry and can be installed using: |
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``` |
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npm install url-parse |
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``` |
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## Usage |
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All examples assume that this library is bootstrapped using: |
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```js |
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'use strict'; |
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var Url = require('url-parse'); |
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``` |
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To parse an URL simply call the `URL` method with the URL that needs to be |
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transformed into an object. |
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```js |
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var url = new Url('https://github.com/foo/bar'); |
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``` |
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The `new` keyword is optional but it will save you an extra function invocation. |
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The constructor takes the following arguments: |
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- `url` (`String`): A string representing an absolute or relative URL. |
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- `baseURL` (`Object` | `String`): An object or string representing |
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the base URL to use in case `url` is a relative URL. This argument is |
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optional and defaults to [`location`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location) |
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in the browser. |
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- `parser` (`Boolean` | `Function`): This argument is optional and specifies |
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how to parse the query string. By default it is `false` so the query string |
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is not parsed. If you pass `true` the query string is parsed using the |
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embedded `querystringify` module. If you pass a function the query string |
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will be parsed using this function. |
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As said above we also support the Node.js interface so you can also use the |
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library in this way: |
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```js |
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'use strict'; |
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var parse = require('url-parse') |
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, url = parse('https://github.com/foo/bar', true); |
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``` |
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The returned `url` instance contains the following properties: |
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- `protocol`: The protocol scheme of the URL (e.g. `http:`). |
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- `slashes`: A boolean which indicates whether the `protocol` is followed by two |
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forward slashes (`//`). |
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- `auth`: Authentication information portion (e.g. `username:password`). |
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- `username`: Username of basic authentication. |
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- `password`: Password of basic authentication. |
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- `host`: Host name with port number. The hostname might be invalid. |
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- `hostname`: Host name without port number. This might be an invalid hostname. |
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- `port`: Optional port number. |
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- `pathname`: URL path. |
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- `query`: Parsed object containing query string, unless parsing is set to false. |
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- `hash`: The "fragment" portion of the URL including the pound-sign (`#`). |
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- `href`: The full URL. |
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- `origin`: The origin of the URL. |
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Note that when `url-parse` is used in a browser environment, it will default to |
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using the browser's current window location as the base URL when parsing all |
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inputs. To parse an input independently of the browser's current URL (e.g. for |
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functionality parity with the library in a Node environment), pass an empty |
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location object as the second parameter: |
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```js |
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var parse = require('url-parse'); |
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parse('hostname', {}); |
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``` |
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### Url.set(key, value) |
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A simple helper function to change parts of the URL and propagating it through |
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all properties. When you set a new `host` you want the same value to be applied |
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to `port` if has a different port number, `hostname` so it has a correct name |
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again and `href` so you have a complete URL. |
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```js |
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var parsed = parse('http://google.com/parse-things'); |
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parsed.set('hostname', 'yahoo.com'); |
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console.log(parsed.href); // http://yahoo.com/parse-things |
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``` |
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It's aware of default ports so you cannot set a port 80 on an URL which has |
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`http` as protocol. |
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### Url.toString() |
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The returned `url` object comes with a custom `toString` method which will |
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generate a full URL again when called. The method accepts an extra function |
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which will stringify the query string for you. If you don't supply a function we |
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will use our default method. |
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```js |
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var location = url.toString(); // http://example.com/whatever/?qs=32 |
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``` |
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You would rarely need to use this method as the full URL is also available as |
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`href` property. If you are using the `URL.set` method to make changes, this |
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will automatically update. |
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## Testing |
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The testing of this module is done in 3 different ways: |
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1. We have unit tests that run under Node.js. You can run these tests with the |
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`npm test` command. |
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2. Code coverage can be run manually using `npm run coverage`. |
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3. For browser testing we use Sauce Labs and `zuul`. You can run browser tests |
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using the `npm run test-browser` command. |
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## License |
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[MIT](LICENSE) |
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