NPM parseurl Package

Parseurl

The parseurl package is a lightweight and fast Node.js module for parsing URL strings into their constituent parts. It is compatible with Node.js versions 0.10 and above.

Installation

To install the parseurl package, run the following command in your terminal:

npm install parseurl

Usage

The parseurl package exposes a single function, parse, which takes a URL string as input and returns an object containing the parsed URL parts. The following code snippet shows an example of how to use the parse function:

const parseurl = require('parseurl');

const url = 'https://example.com:8080/path/to/file?query=string#fragment';
const parsedUrl = parseurl(url);

console.log(parsedUrl);

The parsedUrl object will have the following properties:

  • protocol: The protocol of the URL, such as "http" or "https".
  • host: The host of the URL, such as "example.com".
  • port: The port of the URL, such as 8080.
  • pathname: The pathname of the URL, such as "/path/to/file".
  • query: The query string of the URL, such as "query=string".
  • hash: The fragment identifier of the URL, such as "#fragment".

Configuration Options

The parseurl package has the following configuration options:

  • loose: If true, the parser will be more lenient in parsing URLs. This can be useful for parsing URLs that are not strictly compliant with the RFC 3986 specification.

Best Practices

The following are some best practices for using the parseurl package:

  • Use the loose option if you need to parse URLs that are not strictly compliant with the RFC 3986 specification.
  • Cache the parsed URL objects to improve performance.
  • Use the parseurl package to validate URLs before using them in your application.

License

The parseurl package is licensed under the MIT License.