is-absolute-url

What is is-absolute-url?

The is-absolute-url npm package is used to check if a given URL is an absolute URL. This can be particularly useful in web development and applications where URL validation or manipulation is required.

What are is-absolute-url's main functionalities?

Check if a URL is absolute

This feature allows developers to determine if a URL string is an absolute URL. It returns true for URLs that include a protocol and domain name, and false for relative URLs or paths.

const isAbsoluteUrl = require('is-absolute-url');
console.log(isAbsoluteUrl('https://example.com')); // true
console.log(isAbsoluteUrl('/my/path')); // false

Other packages similar to is-absolute-url

is-url

The 'is-url' package checks if a string is a URL. It is similar to 'is-absolute-url' but does not specifically focus on absolute URLs, making it broader in scope but less specialized for checking absolute URLs.

valid-url

The 'valid-url' package provides methods to validate URLs and check if they are absolute. It offers more comprehensive URL validation features compared to 'is-absolute-url', which strictly checks for absolute URLs.

README

is-absolute-url

Check if a URL is absolute

Install

$ npm install is-absolute-url

Usage

const isAbsoluteUrl = require('is-absolute-url');

isAbsoluteUrl('https://sindresorhus.com/foo/bar');
//=> true

isAbsoluteUrl('//sindresorhus.com');
//=> false

isAbsoluteUrl('foo/bar');
//=> false

Related

See is-relative-url for the inverse.

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