What is @smithy/url-parser?
@smithy/url-parser is a utility package designed to parse URLs. It is part of the Smithy framework, which is used for building SDKs for AWS services. This package provides a simple and efficient way to parse URLs into their components, such as protocol, hostname, path, query parameters, and more.
What are @smithy/url-parser's main functionalities?
Parse URL
This feature allows you to parse a URL into its components. The `parseUrl` function takes a URL string and returns an object containing the protocol, hostname, path, query parameters, and hash.
const { parseUrl } = require('@smithy/url-parser');
const url = 'https://example.com/path?name=value#hash';
const parsedUrl = parseUrl(url);
console.log(parsedUrl);
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