{ "type": "module", "source": "doc/api/url.md", "modules": [ { "textRaw": "URL", "name": "url", "introduced_in": "v0.10.0", "stability": 2, "stabilityText": "Stable", "desc": "

Source Code: lib/url.js

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The url module provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing. It can be\naccessed using:

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const url = require('url');\n
", "modules": [ { "textRaw": "URL strings and URL objects", "name": "url_strings_and_url_objects", "desc": "

A URL string is a structured string containing multiple meaningful components.\nWhen parsed, a URL object is returned containing properties for each of these\ncomponents.

\n

The url module provides two APIs for working with URLs: a legacy API that is\nNode.js specific, and a newer API that implements the same\nWHATWG URL Standard used by web browsers.

\n

A comparison between the WHATWG and Legacy APIs is provided below. Above the URL\n'http://user:pass@sub.example.com:8080/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash', properties\nof an object returned by the legacy url.parse() are shown. Below it are\nproperties of a WHATWG URL object.

\n

WHATWG URL's origin property includes protocol and host, but not\nusername or password.

\n
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐\n│                                              href                                              │\n├──────────┬──┬─────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┬───────┤\n│ protocol │  │        auth         │          host          │           path            │ hash  │\n│          │  │                     ├─────────────────┬──────┼──────────┬────────────────┤       │\n│          │  │                     │    hostname     │ port │ pathname │     search     │       │\n│          │  │                     │                 │      │          ├─┬──────────────┤       │\n│          │  │                     │                 │      │          │ │    query     │       │\n\"  https:   //    user   :   pass   @ sub.example.com : 8080   /p/a/t/h  ?  query=string   #hash \"\n│          │  │          │          │    hostname     │ port │          │                │       │\n│          │  │          │          ├─────────────────┴──────┤          │                │       │\n│ protocol │  │ username │ password │          host          │          │                │       │\n├──────────┴──┼──────────┴──────────┼────────────────────────┤          │                │       │\n│   origin    │                     │         origin         │ pathname │     search     │ hash  │\n├─────────────┴─────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴──────────┴────────────────┴───────┤\n│                                              href                                              │\n└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘\n(All spaces in the \"\" line should be ignored. They are purely for formatting.)\n
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Parsing the URL string using the WHATWG API:

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const myURL =\n  new URL('https://user:pass@sub.example.com:8080/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash');\n
\n

Parsing the URL string using the Legacy API:

\n
const url = require('url');\nconst myURL =\n  url.parse('https://user:pass@sub.example.com:8080/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash');\n
", "type": "module", "displayName": "URL strings and URL objects" }, { "textRaw": "The WHATWG URL API", "name": "the_whatwg_url_api", "classes": [ { "textRaw": "Class: `URL`", "type": "class", "name": "URL", "meta": { "added": [ "v7.0.0", "v6.13.0" ], "changes": [ { "version": "v10.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18281", "description": "The class is now available on the global object." } ] }, "desc": "

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

\n

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

", "properties": [ { "textRaw": "`hash` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "hash", "desc": "

Gets and sets the fragment portion of the URL.

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const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo#bar');\nconsole.log(myURL.hash);\n// Prints #bar\n\nmyURL.hash = 'baz';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/foo#baz\n
\n

Invalid URL characters included in the value assigned to the hash property\nare percent-encoded. The selection of which characters to\npercent-encode may vary somewhat from what the url.parse() and\nurl.format() methods would produce.

" }, { "textRaw": "`host` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "host", "desc": "

Gets and sets the host portion of the URL.

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const myURL = new URL('https://example.org:81/foo');\nconsole.log(myURL.host);\n// Prints example.org:81\n\nmyURL.host = 'example.com:82';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.com:82/foo\n
\n

Invalid host values assigned to the host property are ignored.

" }, { "textRaw": "`hostname` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "hostname", "desc": "

Gets and sets the host name portion of the URL. The key difference between\nurl.host and url.hostname is that url.hostname does not include the\nport.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org:81/foo');\nconsole.log(myURL.hostname);\n// Prints example.org\n\nmyURL.hostname = 'example.com:82';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.com:81/foo\n
\n

Invalid host name values assigned to the hostname property are ignored.

" }, { "textRaw": "`href` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "href", "desc": "

Gets and sets the serialized URL.

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const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo');\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/foo\n\nmyURL.href = 'https://example.com/bar';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.com/bar\n
\n

Getting the value of the href property is equivalent to calling\nurl.toString().

\n

Setting the value of this property to a new value is equivalent to creating a\nnew URL object using new URL(value). Each of the URL\nobject's properties will be modified.

\n

If the value assigned to the href property is not a valid URL, a TypeError\nwill be thrown.

" }, { "textRaw": "`origin` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "origin", "desc": "

Gets the read-only serialization of the URL's origin.

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const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo/bar?baz');\nconsole.log(myURL.origin);\n// Prints https://example.org\n
\n
const idnURL = new URL('https://測試');\nconsole.log(idnURL.origin);\n// Prints https://xn--g6w251d\n\nconsole.log(idnURL.hostname);\n// Prints xn--g6w251d\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`password` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "password", "desc": "

Gets and sets the password portion of the URL.

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const myURL = new URL('https://abc:xyz@example.com');\nconsole.log(myURL.password);\n// Prints xyz\n\nmyURL.password = '123';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://abc:123@example.com\n
\n

Invalid URL characters included in the value assigned to the password property\nare percent-encoded. The selection of which characters to\npercent-encode may vary somewhat from what the url.parse() and\nurl.format() methods would produce.

" }, { "textRaw": "`pathname` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "pathname", "desc": "

Gets and sets the path portion of the URL.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/abc/xyz?123');\nconsole.log(myURL.pathname);\n// Prints /abc/xyz\n\nmyURL.pathname = '/abcdef';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/abcdef?123\n
\n

Invalid URL characters included in the value assigned to the pathname\nproperty are percent-encoded. The selection of which characters\nto percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the url.parse() and\nurl.format() methods would produce.

" }, { "textRaw": "`port` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "port", "desc": "

Gets and sets the port portion of the URL.

\n

The port value may be a number or a string containing a number in the range\n0 to 65535 (inclusive). Setting the value to the default port of the\nURL objects given protocol will result in the port value becoming\nthe empty string ('').

\n

The port value can be an empty string in which case the port depends on\nthe protocol/scheme:

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
protocolport
\"ftp\"21
\"file\"
\"gopher\"70
\"http\"80
\"https\"443
\"ws\"80
\"wss\"443
\n

Upon assigning a value to the port, the value will first be converted to a\nstring using .toString().

\n

If that string is invalid but it begins with a number, the leading number is\nassigned to port.\nIf the number lies outside the range denoted above, it is ignored.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org:8888');\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 8888\n\n// Default ports are automatically transformed to the empty string\n// (HTTPS protocol's default port is 443)\nmyURL.port = '443';\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints the empty string\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/\n\nmyURL.port = 1234;\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 1234\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org:1234/\n\n// Completely invalid port strings are ignored\nmyURL.port = 'abcd';\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 1234\n\n// Leading numbers are treated as a port number\nmyURL.port = '5678abcd';\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 5678\n\n// Non-integers are truncated\nmyURL.port = 1234.5678;\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 1234\n\n// Out-of-range numbers which are not represented in scientific notation\n// will be ignored.\nmyURL.port = 1e10; // 10000000000, will be range-checked as described below\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 1234\n
\n

Numbers which contain a decimal point,\nsuch as floating-point numbers or numbers in scientific notation,\nare not an exception to this rule.\nLeading numbers up to the decimal point will be set as the URL's port,\nassuming they are valid:

\n
myURL.port = 4.567e21;\nconsole.log(myURL.port);\n// Prints 4 (because it is the leading number in the string '4.567e21')\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`protocol` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "protocol", "desc": "

Gets and sets the protocol portion of the URL.

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const myURL = new URL('https://example.org');\nconsole.log(myURL.protocol);\n// Prints https:\n\nmyURL.protocol = 'ftp';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints ftp://example.org/\n
\n

Invalid URL protocol values assigned to the protocol property are ignored.

", "modules": [ { "textRaw": "Special schemes", "name": "special_schemes", "desc": "

The WHATWG URL Standard considers a handful of URL protocol schemes to be\nspecial in terms of how they are parsed and serialized. When a URL is\nparsed using one of these special protocols, the url.protocol property\nmay be changed to another special protocol but cannot be changed to a\nnon-special protocol, and vice versa.

\n

For instance, changing from http to https works:

\n
const u = new URL('http://example.org');\nu.protocol = 'https';\nconsole.log(u.href);\n// https://example.org\n
\n

However, changing from http to a hypothetical fish protocol does not\nbecause the new protocol is not special.

\n
const u = new URL('http://example.org');\nu.protocol = 'fish';\nconsole.log(u.href);\n// http://example.org\n
\n

Likewise, changing from a non-special protocol to a special protocol is also\nnot permitted:

\n
const u = new URL('fish://example.org');\nu.protocol = 'http';\nconsole.log(u.href);\n// fish://example.org\n
\n

According to the WHATWG URL Standard, special protocol schemes are ftp,\nfile, gopher, http, https, ws, and wss.

", "type": "module", "displayName": "Special schemes" } ] }, { "textRaw": "`search` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "search", "desc": "

Gets and sets the serialized query portion of the URL.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/abc?123');\nconsole.log(myURL.search);\n// Prints ?123\n\nmyURL.search = 'abc=xyz';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/abc?abc=xyz\n
\n

Any invalid URL characters appearing in the value assigned the search\nproperty will be percent-encoded. The selection of which\ncharacters to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the url.parse()\nand url.format() methods would produce.

" }, { "textRaw": "`searchParams` {URLSearchParams}", "type": "URLSearchParams", "name": "searchParams", "desc": "

Gets the URLSearchParams object representing the query parameters of the\nURL. This property is read-only but the URLSearchParams object it provides\ncan be used to mutate the URL instance; to replace the entirety of query\nparameters of the URL, use the url.search setter. See\nURLSearchParams documentation for details.

\n

Use care when using .searchParams to modify the URL because,\nper the WHATWG specification, the URLSearchParams object uses\ndifferent rules to determine which characters to percent-encode. For\ninstance, the URL object will not percent encode the ASCII tilde (~)\ncharacter, while URLSearchParams will always encode it:

\n
const myUrl = new URL('https://example.org/abc?foo=~bar');\n\nconsole.log(myUrl.search);  // prints ?foo=~bar\n\n// Modify the URL via searchParams...\nmyUrl.searchParams.sort();\n\nconsole.log(myUrl.search);  // prints ?foo=%7Ebar\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`username` {string}", "type": "string", "name": "username", "desc": "

Gets and sets the username portion of the URL.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://abc:xyz@example.com');\nconsole.log(myURL.username);\n// Prints abc\n\nmyURL.username = '123';\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://123:xyz@example.com/\n
\n

Any invalid URL characters appearing in the value assigned the username\nproperty will be percent-encoded. The selection of which\ncharacters to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the url.parse()\nand url.format() methods would produce.

" } ], "methods": [ { "textRaw": "`url.toString()`", "type": "method", "name": "toString", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string}", "name": "return", "type": "string" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

The toString() method on the URL object returns the serialized URL. The\nvalue returned is equivalent to that of url.href and url.toJSON().

\n

Because of the need for standard compliance, this method does not allow users\nto customize the serialization process of the URL. For more flexibility,\nrequire('url').format() method might be of interest.

" }, { "textRaw": "`url.toJSON()`", "type": "method", "name": "toJSON", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string}", "name": "return", "type": "string" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

The toJSON() method on the URL object returns the serialized URL. The\nvalue returned is equivalent to that of url.href and\nurl.toString().

\n

This method is automatically called when an URL object is serialized\nwith JSON.stringify().

\n
const myURLs = [\n  new URL('https://www.example.com'),\n  new URL('https://test.example.org')\n];\nconsole.log(JSON.stringify(myURLs));\n// Prints [\"https://www.example.com/\",\"https://test.example.org/\"]\n
" } ], "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`input` {string} The absolute or relative input URL to parse. If `input` is relative, then `base` is required. If `input` is absolute, the `base` is ignored.", "name": "input", "type": "string", "desc": "The absolute or relative input URL to parse. If `input` is relative, then `base` is required. If `input` is absolute, the `base` is ignored." }, { "textRaw": "`base` {string|URL} The base URL to resolve against if the `input` is not absolute.", "name": "base", "type": "string|URL", "desc": "The base URL to resolve against if the `input` is not absolute." } ], "desc": "

Creates a new URL object by parsing the input relative to the base. If\nbase is passed as a string, it will be parsed equivalent to new URL(base).

\n
const myURL = new URL('/foo', 'https://example.org/');\n// https://example.org/foo\n
\n

The URL constructor is accessible as a property on the global object.\nIt can also be imported from the built-in url module:

\n
console.log(URL === require('url').URL); // Prints 'true'.\n
\n

A TypeError will be thrown if the input or base are not valid URLs. Note\nthat an effort will be made to coerce the given values into strings. For\ninstance:

\n
const myURL = new URL({ toString: () => 'https://example.org/' });\n// https://example.org/\n
\n

Unicode characters appearing within the host name of input will be\nautomatically converted to ASCII using the Punycode algorithm.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://測試');\n// https://xn--g6w251d/\n
\n

This feature is only available if the node executable was compiled with\nICU enabled. If not, the domain names are passed through unchanged.

\n

In cases where it is not known in advance if input is an absolute URL\nand a base is provided, it is advised to validate that the origin of\nthe URL object is what is expected.

\n
let myURL = new URL('http://Example.com/', 'https://example.org/');\n// http://example.com/\n\nmyURL = new URL('https://Example.com/', 'https://example.org/');\n// https://example.com/\n\nmyURL = new URL('foo://Example.com/', 'https://example.org/');\n// foo://Example.com/\n\nmyURL = new URL('http:Example.com/', 'https://example.org/');\n// http://example.com/\n\nmyURL = new URL('https:Example.com/', 'https://example.org/');\n// https://example.org/Example.com/\n\nmyURL = new URL('foo:Example.com/', 'https://example.org/');\n// foo:Example.com/\n
" } ] }, { "textRaw": "Class: `URLSearchParams`", "type": "class", "name": "URLSearchParams", "meta": { "added": [ "v7.5.0", "v6.13.0" ], "changes": [ { "version": "v10.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18281", "description": "The class is now available on the global object." } ] }, "desc": "

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

\n

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

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/?abc=123');\nconsole.log(myURL.searchParams.get('abc'));\n// Prints 123\n\nmyURL.searchParams.append('abc', 'xyz');\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/?abc=123&abc=xyz\n\nmyURL.searchParams.delete('abc');\nmyURL.searchParams.set('a', 'b');\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/?a=b\n\nconst newSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(myURL.searchParams);\n// The above is equivalent to\n// const newSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(myURL.search);\n\nnewSearchParams.append('a', 'c');\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/?a=b\nconsole.log(newSearchParams.toString());\n// Prints a=b&a=c\n\n// newSearchParams.toString() is implicitly called\nmyURL.search = newSearchParams;\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/?a=b&a=c\nnewSearchParams.delete('a');\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://example.org/?a=b&a=c\n
", "methods": [ { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.append(name, value)`", "type": "method", "name": "append", "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`name` {string}", "name": "name", "type": "string" }, { "textRaw": "`value` {string}", "name": "value", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

Append a new name-value pair to the query string.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.delete(name)`", "type": "method", "name": "delete", "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`name` {string}", "name": "name", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

Remove all name-value pairs whose name is name.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.entries()`", "type": "method", "name": "entries", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {Iterator}", "name": "return", "type": "Iterator" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

Returns an ES6 Iterator over each of the name-value pairs in the query.\nEach item of the iterator is a JavaScript Array. The first item of the Array\nis the name, the second item of the Array is the value.

\n

Alias for urlSearchParams[@@iterator]().

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.forEach(fn[, thisArg])`", "type": "method", "name": "forEach", "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`fn` {Function} Invoked for each name-value pair in the query", "name": "fn", "type": "Function", "desc": "Invoked for each name-value pair in the query" }, { "textRaw": "`thisArg` {Object} To be used as `this` value for when `fn` is called", "name": "thisArg", "type": "Object", "desc": "To be used as `this` value for when `fn` is called" } ] } ], "desc": "

Iterates over each name-value pair in the query and invokes the given function.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/?a=b&c=d');\nmyURL.searchParams.forEach((value, name, searchParams) => {\n  console.log(name, value, myURL.searchParams === searchParams);\n});\n// Prints:\n//   a b true\n//   c d true\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.get(name)`", "type": "method", "name": "get", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string} or `null` if there is no name-value pair with the given `name`.", "name": "return", "type": "string", "desc": "or `null` if there is no name-value pair with the given `name`." }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`name` {string}", "name": "name", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

Returns the value of the first name-value pair whose name is name. If there\nare no such pairs, null is returned.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.getAll(name)`", "type": "method", "name": "getAll", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string[]}", "name": "return", "type": "string[]" }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`name` {string}", "name": "name", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

Returns the values of all name-value pairs whose name is name. If there are\nno such pairs, an empty array is returned.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.has(name)`", "type": "method", "name": "has", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {boolean}", "name": "return", "type": "boolean" }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`name` {string}", "name": "name", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

Returns true if there is at least one name-value pair whose name is name.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.keys()`", "type": "method", "name": "keys", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {Iterator}", "name": "return", "type": "Iterator" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

Returns an ES6 Iterator over the names of each name-value pair.

\n
const params = new URLSearchParams('foo=bar&foo=baz');\nfor (const name of params.keys()) {\n  console.log(name);\n}\n// Prints:\n//   foo\n//   foo\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.set(name, value)`", "type": "method", "name": "set", "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`name` {string}", "name": "name", "type": "string" }, { "textRaw": "`value` {string}", "name": "value", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

Sets the value in the URLSearchParams object associated with name to\nvalue. If there are any pre-existing name-value pairs whose names are name,\nset the first such pair's value to value and remove all others. If not,\nappend the name-value pair to the query string.

\n
const params = new URLSearchParams();\nparams.append('foo', 'bar');\nparams.append('foo', 'baz');\nparams.append('abc', 'def');\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints foo=bar&foo=baz&abc=def\n\nparams.set('foo', 'def');\nparams.set('xyz', 'opq');\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints foo=def&abc=def&xyz=opq\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.sort()`", "type": "method", "name": "sort", "meta": { "added": [ "v7.7.0", "v6.13.0" ], "changes": [] }, "signatures": [ { "params": [] } ], "desc": "

Sort all existing name-value pairs in-place by their names. Sorting is done\nwith a stable sorting algorithm, so relative order between name-value pairs\nwith the same name is preserved.

\n

This method can be used, in particular, to increase cache hits.

\n
const params = new URLSearchParams('query[]=abc&type=search&query[]=123');\nparams.sort();\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints query%5B%5D=abc&query%5B%5D=123&type=search\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.toString()`", "type": "method", "name": "toString", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string}", "name": "return", "type": "string" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

Returns the search parameters serialized as a string, with characters\npercent-encoded where necessary.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams.values()`", "type": "method", "name": "values", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {Iterator}", "name": "return", "type": "Iterator" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

Returns an ES6 Iterator over the values of each name-value pair.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlSearchParams[Symbol.iterator]()`", "type": "method", "name": "[Symbol.iterator]", "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {Iterator}", "name": "return", "type": "Iterator" }, "params": [] } ], "desc": "

Returns an ES6 Iterator over each of the name-value pairs in the query string.\nEach item of the iterator is a JavaScript Array. The first item of the Array\nis the name, the second item of the Array is the value.

\n

Alias for urlSearchParams.entries().

\n
const params = new URLSearchParams('foo=bar&xyz=baz');\nfor (const [name, value] of params) {\n  console.log(name, value);\n}\n// Prints:\n//   foo bar\n//   xyz baz\n
" } ], "signatures": [ { "params": [], "desc": "

Instantiate a new empty URLSearchParams object.

" }, { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`string` {string} A query string", "name": "string", "type": "string", "desc": "A query string" } ], "desc": "

Parse the string as a query string, and use it to instantiate a new\nURLSearchParams object. A leading '?', if present, is ignored.

\n
let params;\n\nparams = new URLSearchParams('user=abc&query=xyz');\nconsole.log(params.get('user'));\n// Prints 'abc'\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints 'user=abc&query=xyz'\n\nparams = new URLSearchParams('?user=abc&query=xyz');\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints 'user=abc&query=xyz'\n
" }, { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`obj` {Object} An object representing a collection of key-value pairs", "name": "obj", "type": "Object", "desc": "An object representing a collection of key-value pairs" } ], "desc": "

Instantiate a new URLSearchParams object with a query hash map. The key and\nvalue of each property of obj are always coerced to strings.

\n

Unlike querystring module, duplicate keys in the form of array values are\nnot allowed. Arrays are stringified using array.toString(), which simply\njoins all array elements with commas.

\n
const params = new URLSearchParams({\n  user: 'abc',\n  query: ['first', 'second']\n});\nconsole.log(params.getAll('query'));\n// Prints [ 'first,second' ]\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints 'user=abc&query=first%2Csecond'\n
" }, { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`iterable` {Iterable} An iterable object whose elements are key-value pairs", "name": "iterable", "type": "Iterable", "desc": "An iterable object whose elements are key-value pairs" } ], "desc": "

Instantiate a new URLSearchParams object with an iterable map in a way that\nis similar to Map's constructor. iterable can be an Array or any\niterable object. That means iterable can be another URLSearchParams, in\nwhich case the constructor will simply create a clone of the provided\nURLSearchParams. Elements of iterable are key-value pairs, and can\nthemselves be any iterable object.

\n

Duplicate keys are allowed.

\n
let params;\n\n// Using an array\nparams = new URLSearchParams([\n  ['user', 'abc'],\n  ['query', 'first'],\n  ['query', 'second']\n]);\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints 'user=abc&query=first&query=second'\n\n// Using a Map object\nconst map = new Map();\nmap.set('user', 'abc');\nmap.set('query', 'xyz');\nparams = new URLSearchParams(map);\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints 'user=abc&query=xyz'\n\n// Using a generator function\nfunction* getQueryPairs() {\n  yield ['user', 'abc'];\n  yield ['query', 'first'];\n  yield ['query', 'second'];\n}\nparams = new URLSearchParams(getQueryPairs());\nconsole.log(params.toString());\n// Prints 'user=abc&query=first&query=second'\n\n// Each key-value pair must have exactly two elements\nnew URLSearchParams([\n  ['user', 'abc', 'error']\n]);\n// Throws TypeError [ERR_INVALID_TUPLE]:\n//        Each query pair must be an iterable [name, value] tuple\n
" } ] } ], "methods": [ { "textRaw": "`url.domainToASCII(domain)`", "type": "method", "name": "domainToASCII", "meta": { "added": [ "v7.4.0", "v6.13.0" ], "changes": [] }, "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string}", "name": "return", "type": "string" }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`domain` {string}", "name": "domain", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

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

\n

It performs the inverse operation to url.domainToUnicode().

\n
const url = require('url');\nconsole.log(url.domainToASCII('español.com'));\n// Prints xn--espaol-zwa.com\nconsole.log(url.domainToASCII('中文.com'));\n// Prints xn--fiq228c.com\nconsole.log(url.domainToASCII('xn--iñvalid.com'));\n// Prints an empty string\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`url.domainToUnicode(domain)`", "type": "method", "name": "domainToUnicode", "meta": { "added": [ "v7.4.0", "v6.13.0" ], "changes": [] }, "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string}", "name": "return", "type": "string" }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`domain` {string}", "name": "domain", "type": "string" } ] } ], "desc": "

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

\n

It performs the inverse operation to url.domainToASCII().

\n
const url = require('url');\nconsole.log(url.domainToUnicode('xn--espaol-zwa.com'));\n// Prints español.com\nconsole.log(url.domainToUnicode('xn--fiq228c.com'));\n// Prints 中文.com\nconsole.log(url.domainToUnicode('xn--iñvalid.com'));\n// Prints an empty string\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`url.fileURLToPath(url)`", "type": "method", "name": "fileURLToPath", "meta": { "added": [ "v10.12.0" ], "changes": [] }, "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string} The fully-resolved platform-specific Node.js file path.", "name": "return", "type": "string", "desc": "The fully-resolved platform-specific Node.js file path." }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`url` {URL | string} The file URL string or URL object to convert to a path.", "name": "url", "type": "URL | string", "desc": "The file URL string or URL object to convert to a path." } ] } ], "desc": "

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

\n
new URL('file:///C:/path/').pathname;    // Incorrect: /C:/path/\nfileURLToPath('file:///C:/path/');       // Correct:   C:\\path\\ (Windows)\n\nnew URL('file://nas/foo.txt').pathname;  // Incorrect: /foo.txt\nfileURLToPath('file://nas/foo.txt');     // Correct:   \\\\nas\\foo.txt (Windows)\n\nnew URL('file:///你好.txt').pathname;    // Incorrect: /%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD.txt\nfileURLToPath('file:///你好.txt');       // Correct:   /你好.txt (POSIX)\n\nnew URL('file:///hello world').pathname; // Incorrect: /hello%20world\nfileURLToPath('file:///hello world');    // Correct:   /hello world (POSIX)\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`url.format(URL[, options])`", "type": "method", "name": "format", "meta": { "added": [ "v7.6.0" ], "changes": [] }, "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {string}", "name": "return", "type": "string" }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`URL` {URL} A [WHATWG URL][] object", "name": "URL", "type": "URL", "desc": "A [WHATWG URL][] object" }, { "textRaw": "`options` {Object}", "name": "options", "type": "Object", "options": [ { "textRaw": "`auth` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the username and password, `false` otherwise. **Default:** `true`.", "name": "auth", "type": "boolean", "default": "`true`", "desc": "`true` if the serialized URL string should include the username and password, `false` otherwise." }, { "textRaw": "`fragment` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the fragment, `false` otherwise. **Default:** `true`.", "name": "fragment", "type": "boolean", "default": "`true`", "desc": "`true` if the serialized URL string should include the fragment, `false` otherwise." }, { "textRaw": "`search` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the search query, `false` otherwise. **Default:** `true`.", "name": "search", "type": "boolean", "default": "`true`", "desc": "`true` if the serialized URL string should include the search query, `false` otherwise." }, { "textRaw": "`unicode` {boolean} `true` if Unicode characters appearing in the host component of the URL string should be encoded directly as opposed to being Punycode encoded. **Default:** `false`.", "name": "unicode", "type": "boolean", "default": "`false`", "desc": "`true` if Unicode characters appearing in the host component of the URL string should be encoded directly as opposed to being Punycode encoded." } ] } ] } ], "desc": "

Returns a customizable serialization of a URL String representation of a\nWHATWG URL object.

\n

The URL object has both a toString() method and href property that return\nstring serializations of the URL. These are not, however, customizable in\nany way. The url.format(URL[, options]) method allows for basic customization\nof the output.

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://a:b@測試?abc#foo');\n\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://a:b@xn--g6w251d/?abc#foo\n\nconsole.log(myURL.toString());\n// Prints https://a:b@xn--g6w251d/?abc#foo\n\nconsole.log(url.format(myURL, { fragment: false, unicode: true, auth: false }));\n// Prints 'https://測試/?abc'\n
" }, { "textRaw": "`url.pathToFileURL(path)`", "type": "method", "name": "pathToFileURL", "meta": { "added": [ "v10.12.0" ], "changes": [] }, "signatures": [ { "return": { "textRaw": "Returns: {URL} The file URL object.", "name": "return", "type": "URL", "desc": "The file URL object." }, "params": [ { "textRaw": "`path` {string} The path to convert to a File URL.", "name": "path", "type": "string", "desc": "The path to convert to a File URL." } ] } ], "desc": "

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

\n
new URL(__filename);                // Incorrect: throws (POSIX)\nnew URL(__filename);                // Incorrect: C:\\... (Windows)\npathToFileURL(__filename);          // Correct:   file:///... (POSIX)\npathToFileURL(__filename);          // Correct:   file:///C:/... (Windows)\n\nnew URL('/foo#1', 'file:');         // Incorrect: file:///foo#1\npathToFileURL('/foo#1');            // Correct:   file:///foo%231 (POSIX)\n\nnew URL('/some/path%.c', 'file:'); // Incorrect: file:///some/path%.c\npathToFileURL('/some/path%.c');    // Correct:   file:///some/path%25.c (POSIX)\n
" } ], "type": "module", "displayName": "The WHATWG URL API" }, { "textRaw": "Legacy URL API", "name": "legacy_url_api", "stability": 0, "stabilityText": "Deprecated: Use the WHATWG URL API instead.", "modules": [ { "textRaw": "Legacy `urlObject`", "name": "legacy_`urlobject`", "meta": { "changes": [ { "version": "v11.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22715", "description": "The Legacy URL API is deprecated. Use the WHATWG URL API." } ] }, "desc": "

The legacy urlObject (require('url').Url) is created and returned by the\nurl.parse() function.

", "properties": [ { "textRaw": "`urlObject.auth`", "name": "auth", "desc": "

The auth property is the username and password portion of the URL, also\nreferred to as userinfo. This string subset follows the protocol and\ndouble slashes (if present) and precedes the host component, delimited by @.\nThe string is either the username, or it is the username and password separated\nby :.

\n

For example: 'user:pass'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.hash`", "name": "hash", "desc": "

The hash property is the fragment identifier portion of the URL including the\nleading # character.

\n

For example: '#hash'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.host`", "name": "host", "desc": "

The host property is the full lower-cased host portion of the URL, including\nthe port if specified.

\n

For example: 'sub.example.com:8080'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.hostname`", "name": "hostname", "desc": "

The hostname property is the lower-cased host name portion of the host\ncomponent without the port included.

\n

For example: 'sub.example.com'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.href`", "name": "href", "desc": "

The href property is the full URL string that was parsed with both the\nprotocol and host components converted to lower-case.

\n

For example: 'http://user:pass@sub.example.com:8080/p/a/t/h?query=string#hash'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.path`", "name": "path", "desc": "

The path property is a concatenation of the pathname and search\ncomponents.

\n

For example: '/p/a/t/h?query=string'.

\n

No decoding of the path is performed.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.pathname`", "name": "pathname", "desc": "

The pathname property consists of the entire path section of the URL. This\nis everything following the host (including the port) and before the start\nof the query or hash components, delimited by either the ASCII question\nmark (?) or hash (#) characters.

\n

For example: '/p/a/t/h'.

\n

No decoding of the path string is performed.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.port`", "name": "port", "desc": "

The port property is the numeric port portion of the host component.

\n

For example: '8080'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.protocol`", "name": "protocol", "desc": "

The protocol property identifies the URL's lower-cased protocol scheme.

\n

For example: 'http:'.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.query`", "name": "query", "desc": "

The query property is either the query string without the leading ASCII\nquestion mark (?), or an object returned by the querystring module's\nparse() method. Whether the query property is a string or object is\ndetermined by the parseQueryString argument passed to url.parse().

\n

For example: 'query=string' or {'query': 'string'}.

\n

If returned as a string, no decoding of the query string is performed. If\nreturned as an object, both keys and values are decoded.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.search`", "name": "search", "desc": "

The search property consists of the entire \"query string\" portion of the\nURL, including the leading ASCII question mark (?) character.

\n

For example: '?query=string'.

\n

No decoding of the query string is performed.

" }, { "textRaw": "`urlObject.slashes`", "name": "slashes", "desc": "

The slashes property is a boolean with a value of true if two ASCII\nforward-slash characters (/) are required following the colon in the\nprotocol.

" } ], "type": "module", "displayName": "Legacy `urlObject`" } ], "methods": [ { "textRaw": "`url.format(urlObject)`", "type": "method", "name": "format", "meta": { "added": [ "v0.1.25" ], "changes": [ { "version": "v11.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22715", "description": "The Legacy URL API is deprecated. Use the WHATWG URL API." }, { "version": "v7.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7234", "description": "URLs with a `file:` scheme will now always use the correct number of slashes regardless of `slashes` option. A false-y `slashes` option with no protocol is now also respected at all times." } ] }, "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`urlObject` {Object|string} A URL object (as returned by `url.parse()` or constructed otherwise). If a string, it is converted to an object by passing it to `url.parse()`.", "name": "urlObject", "type": "Object|string", "desc": "A URL object (as returned by `url.parse()` or constructed otherwise). If a string, it is converted to an object by passing it to `url.parse()`." } ] } ], "desc": "

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

\n
url.format({\n  protocol: 'https',\n  hostname: 'example.com',\n  pathname: '/some/path',\n  query: {\n    page: 1,\n    format: 'json'\n  }\n});\n\n// => 'https://example.com/some/path?page=1&format=json'\n
\n

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

\n

The formatting process operates as follows:

\n" }, { "textRaw": "`url.parse(urlString[, parseQueryString[, slashesDenoteHost]])`", "type": "method", "name": "parse", "meta": { "added": [ "v0.1.25" ], "changes": [ { "version": "v11.14.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26941", "description": "The `pathname` property on the returned URL object is now `/` when there is no path and the protocol scheme is `ws:` or `wss:`." }, { "version": "v11.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22715", "description": "The Legacy URL API is deprecated. Use the WHATWG URL API." }, { "version": "v9.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13606", "description": "The `search` property on the returned URL object is now `null` when no query string is present." } ] }, "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`urlString` {string} The URL string to parse.", "name": "urlString", "type": "string", "desc": "The URL string to parse." }, { "textRaw": "`parseQueryString` {boolean} If `true`, the `query` property will always be set to an object returned by the [`querystring`][] module's `parse()` method. If `false`, the `query` property on the returned URL object will be an unparsed, undecoded string. **Default:** `false`.", "name": "parseQueryString", "type": "boolean", "default": "`false`", "desc": "If `true`, the `query` property will always be set to an object returned by the [`querystring`][] module's `parse()` method. If `false`, the `query` property on the returned URL object will be an unparsed, undecoded string." }, { "textRaw": "`slashesDenoteHost` {boolean} If `true`, the first token after the literal string `//` and preceding the next `/` will be interpreted as the `host`. For instance, given `//foo/bar`, the result would be `{host: 'foo', pathname: '/bar'}` rather than `{pathname: '//foo/bar'}`. **Default:** `false`.", "name": "slashesDenoteHost", "type": "boolean", "default": "`false`", "desc": "If `true`, the first token after the literal string `//` and preceding the next `/` will be interpreted as the `host`. For instance, given `//foo/bar`, the result would be `{host: 'foo', pathname: '/bar'}` rather than `{pathname: '//foo/bar'}`." } ] } ], "desc": "

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

\n

A TypeError is thrown if urlString is not a string.

\n

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

\n

Use of the legacy url.parse() method is discouraged. Users should\nuse the WHATWG URL API. Because the url.parse() method uses a\nlenient, non-standard algorithm for parsing URL strings, security\nissues can be introduced. Specifically, issues with host name spoofing and\nincorrect handling of usernames and passwords have been identified.

" }, { "textRaw": "`url.resolve(from, to)`", "type": "method", "name": "resolve", "meta": { "added": [ "v0.1.25" ], "changes": [ { "version": "v11.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22715", "description": "The Legacy URL API is deprecated. Use the WHATWG URL API." }, { "version": "v6.6.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8215", "description": "The `auth` fields are now kept intact when `from` and `to` refer to the same host." }, { "version": "v6.5.0, v4.6.2", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8214", "description": "The `port` field is copied correctly now." }, { "version": "v6.0.0", "pr-url": "https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/1480", "description": "The `auth` fields is cleared now the `to` parameter contains a hostname." } ] }, "signatures": [ { "params": [ { "textRaw": "`from` {string} The Base URL being resolved against.", "name": "from", "type": "string", "desc": "The Base URL being resolved against." }, { "textRaw": "`to` {string} The HREF URL being resolved.", "name": "to", "type": "string", "desc": "The HREF URL being resolved." } ] } ], "desc": "

The url.resolve() method resolves a target URL relative to a base URL in a\nmanner similar to that of a Web browser resolving an anchor tag HREF.

\n
const url = require('url');\nurl.resolve('/one/two/three', 'four');         // '/one/two/four'\nurl.resolve('http://example.com/', '/one');    // 'http://example.com/one'\nurl.resolve('http://example.com/one', '/two'); // 'http://example.com/two'\n
\n

" } ], "type": "module", "displayName": "Legacy URL API" }, { "textRaw": "Percent-encoding in URLs", "name": "percent-encoding_in_urls", "desc": "

URLs are permitted to only contain a certain range of characters. Any character\nfalling outside of that range must be encoded. How such characters are encoded,\nand which characters to encode depends entirely on where the character is\nlocated within the structure of the URL.

", "modules": [ { "textRaw": "Legacy API", "name": "legacy_api", "desc": "

Within the Legacy API, spaces (' ') and the following characters will be\nautomatically escaped in the properties of URL objects:

\n
< > \" ` \\r \\n \\t { } | \\ ^ '\n
\n

For example, the ASCII space character (' ') is encoded as %20. The ASCII\nforward slash (/) character is encoded as %3C.

", "type": "module", "displayName": "Legacy API" }, { "textRaw": "WHATWG API", "name": "whatwg_api", "desc": "

The WHATWG URL Standard uses a more selective and fine grained approach to\nselecting encoded characters than that used by the Legacy API.

\n

The WHATWG algorithm defines four \"percent-encode sets\" that describe ranges\nof characters that must be percent-encoded:

\n\n

The userinfo percent-encode set is used exclusively for username and\npasswords encoded within the URL. The path percent-encode set is used for the\npath of most URLs. The fragment percent-encode set is used for URL fragments.\nThe C0 control percent-encode set is used for host and path under certain\nspecific conditions, in addition to all other cases.

\n

When non-ASCII characters appear within a host name, the host name is encoded\nusing the Punycode algorithm. Note, however, that a host name may contain\nboth Punycode encoded and percent-encoded characters:

\n
const myURL = new URL('https://%CF%80.example.com/foo');\nconsole.log(myURL.href);\n// Prints https://xn--1xa.example.com/foo\nconsole.log(myURL.origin);\n// Prints https://xn--1xa.example.com\n
", "type": "module", "displayName": "WHATWG API" } ], "type": "module", "displayName": "Percent-encoding in URLs" } ], "type": "module", "displayName": "URL" } ] }