What is file-uri-to-path?
The file-uri-to-path npm package is designed to convert a file URI to a path. It is a simple utility that can be used to transform a file URI to a local file system path, which is useful when working with file URIs in Node.js applications.
What are file-uri-to-path's main functionalities?
Convert file URI to path
This feature allows the conversion of a file URI to a local file system path. The code sample demonstrates how to use the package to convert a file URI to a path on Windows.
const fileUriToPath = require('file-uri-to-path');
const path = fileUriToPath('file:///C:/path/to/file.txt');
console.log(path); // 'C:\path\to\file.txt' on Windows
Other packages similar to file-uri-to-path
url-to-path
Similar to file-uri-to-path, this package is used to convert URLs to file system paths. It might have different handling for edge cases or support different URL schemes.
file-uri-to-path
Convert a file:
URI to a file path
Accepts a file:
URI and returns a regular file path suitable for use with the
fs
module functions.
Installation
Install with npm
:
$ npm install file-uri-to-path
Example
var uri2path = require('file-uri-to-path');
uri2path('file://localhost/c|/WINDOWS/clock.avi');
uri2path('file:///c|/WINDOWS/clock.avi');
uri2path('file://localhost/c:/WINDOWS/clock.avi');
uri2path('file://hostname/path/to/the%20file.txt');
uri2path('file:///c:/path/to/the%20file.txt');
API
fileUriToPath(String uri) → String
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2014 Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net>
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