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normalize-url

Normalize a URL

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Normalize a URL

Useful when you need to display, store, deduplicate, sort, compare, etc, URLs.

Note: This package does not do URL sanitization. Garbage in, garbage out. If you use this in a server context and accept URLs as user input, it's up to you to protect against invalid URLs, path traversal attacks, etc.

Install

npm install normalize-url

If you need Safari support, use version 4: npm i normalize-url@4

Usage

import normalizeUrl from 'normalize-url'; normalizeUrl('sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('//www.sindresorhus.com:80/../baz?b=bar&a=foo'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/baz?a=foo&b=bar'

API

normalizeUrl(url, options?)

URLs with custom protocols are not normalized and just passed through by default. Supported protocols are: https, http, file, and data.

url

Type: string

URL to normalize, including data URL.

options

Type: object

defaultProtocol

Type: string
Default: 'http'
Values: 'https' | 'http'

normalizeProtocol

Type: boolean
Default: true

Prepend defaultProtocol to the URL if it's protocol-relative.

normalizeUrl('//sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('//sindresorhus.com', {normalizeProtocol: false}); //=> '//sindresorhus.com'
forceHttp

Type: boolean
Default: false

Normalize HTTPS to HTTP.

normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com', {forceHttp: true}); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com'
forceHttps

Type: boolean
Default: false

Normalize HTTP to HTTPS.

normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com', {forceHttps: true}); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com'

This option cannot be used with the forceHttp option at the same time.

stripAuthentication

Type: boolean
Default: true

Strip the authentication part of the URL.

normalizeUrl('user:password@sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('user:password@sindresorhus.com', {stripAuthentication: false}); //=> 'https://user:password@sindresorhus.com'
stripHash

Type: boolean
Default: false

Strip the hash part of the URL.

normalizeUrl('sindresorhus.com/about.html#contact'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#contact' normalizeUrl('sindresorhus.com/about.html#contact', {stripHash: true}); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/about.html'
stripProtocol

Type: boolean
Default: false

Remove the protocol from the URL: http://sindresorhus.comsindresorhus.com.

It will only remove https:// and http:// protocols.

normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com', {stripProtocol: true}); //=> 'sindresorhus.com'
stripTextFragment

Type: boolean
Default: true

Strip the text fragment part of the URL.

Note: The text fragment will always be removed if the stripHash option is set to true, as the hash contains the text fragment.

normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#:~:text=hello'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#' normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#section:~:text=hello'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#section' normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#:~:text=hello', {stripTextFragment: false}); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#:~:text=hello' normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#section:~:text=hello', {stripTextFragment: false}); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/about.html#section:~:text=hello'
stripWWW

Type: boolean
Default: true

Remove www. from the URL.

normalizeUrl('http://www.sindresorhus.com'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('http://www.sindresorhus.com', {stripWWW: false}); //=> 'http://www.sindresorhus.com'
removeQueryParameters

Type: Array<RegExp | string> | boolean
Default: [/^utm_\w+/i]

Remove query parameters that matches any of the provided strings or regexes.

normalizeUrl('www.sindresorhus.com?foo=bar&ref=test_ref', { removeQueryParameters: ['ref'] }); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/?foo=bar'

If a boolean is provided, true will remove all the query parameters.

normalizeUrl('www.sindresorhus.com?foo=bar', { removeQueryParameters: true }); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com'

false will not remove any query parameter.

normalizeUrl('www.sindresorhus.com?foo=bar&utm_medium=test&ref=test_ref', { removeQueryParameters: false }); //=> 'http://www.sindresorhus.com/?foo=bar&ref=test_ref&utm_medium=test'
keepQueryParameters

Type: Array<RegExp | string>
Default: undefined

Keeps only query parameters that matches any of the provided strings or regexes.

Note: It overrides the removeQueryParameters option.

normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com?foo=bar&ref=unicorn', { keepQueryParameters: ['ref'] }); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com/?ref=unicorn'
removeTrailingSlash

Type: boolean
Default: true

Remove trailing slash.

Note: Trailing slash is always removed if the URL doesn't have a pathname unless the removeSingleSlash option is set to false.

normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/redirect/'); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/redirect' normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/redirect/', {removeTrailingSlash: false}); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/redirect/' normalizeUrl('http://sindresorhus.com/', {removeTrailingSlash: false}); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com'
removeSingleSlash

Type: boolean
Default: true

Remove a sole / pathname in the output. This option is independent of removeTrailingSlash.

normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com/'); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com' normalizeUrl('https://sindresorhus.com/', {removeSingleSlash: false}); //=> 'https://sindresorhus.com/'
removeDirectoryIndex

Type: boolean | Array<RegExp | string>
Default: false

Removes the default directory index file from path that matches any of the provided strings or regexes. When true, the regex /^index\.[a-z]+$/ is used.

normalizeUrl('www.sindresorhus.com/foo/default.php', { removeDirectoryIndex: [/^default\.[a-z]+$/] }); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/foo'
removeExplicitPort

Type: boolean
Default: false

Removes an explicit port number from the URL.

Port 443 is always removed from HTTPS URLs and 80 is always removed from HTTP URLs regardless of this option.

normalizeUrl('sindresorhus.com:123', { removeExplicitPort: true }); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com'
sortQueryParameters

Type: boolean
Default: true

Sorts the query parameters alphabetically by key.

normalizeUrl('www.sindresorhus.com?b=two&a=one&c=three', { sortQueryParameters: false }); //=> 'http://sindresorhus.com/?b=two&a=one&c=three'
  • compare-urls - Compare URLs by first normalizing them

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