file-uri-to-path

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.

README

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');
// "c:\\WINDOWS\\clock.avi"

uri2path('file:///c|/WINDOWS/clock.avi');
// "c:\\WINDOWS\\clock.avi"

uri2path('file://localhost/c:/WINDOWS/clock.avi');
// "c:\\WINDOWS\\clock.avi"

uri2path('file://hostname/path/to/the%20file.txt');
// "\\\\hostname\\path\\to\\the file.txt"

uri2path('file:///c:/path/to/the%20file.txt');
// "c:\\path\\to\\the file.txt"

API

fileUriToPath(String uri) → String

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2014 Nathan Rajlich <[e-mail]>

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