remove-trailing-slash

What is remove-trailing-slash?

The 'remove-trailing-slash' npm package is a utility that helps in removing trailing slashes from URLs or strings. This can be particularly useful in web development where consistent URL formatting is important for routing, SEO, and avoiding duplicate content issues.

What are remove-trailing-slash's main functionalities?

Remove trailing slash from a single URL

This feature allows you to remove the trailing slash from a single URL string. It ensures that the URL is consistently formatted without a trailing slash.

const removeTrailingSlash = require('remove-trailing-slash');
const url = 'https://example.com/';
const cleanUrl = removeTrailingSlash(url);
console.log(cleanUrl); // 'https://example.com'

Remove trailing slash from multiple URLs

This feature demonstrates how to remove trailing slashes from an array of URLs. It uses the map function to apply the removeTrailingSlash function to each URL in the array.

const removeTrailingSlash = require('remove-trailing-slash');
const urls = ['https://example.com/', 'https://example.org/', 'https://example.net/'];
const cleanUrls = urls.map(url => removeTrailingSlash(url));
console.log(cleanUrls); // ['https://example.com', 'https://example.org', 'https://example.net']

Other packages similar to remove-trailing-slash

normalize-url

The 'normalize-url' package is a more comprehensive solution for URL normalization. It not only removes trailing slashes but also handles other aspects like removing duplicate slashes, converting URLs to lowercase, and removing unnecessary query parameters. It is more feature-rich compared to 'remove-trailing-slash'.

url-parse

The 'url-parse' package is a robust URL parsing library that allows you to manipulate and normalize URLs. While it doesn't specifically focus on removing trailing slashes, it provides a wide range of functionalities for URL manipulation, making it a versatile tool for developers.

README

remove-trailing-slash

removes trailing slashes

Installation

with component(1):

$ component install stephenmathieson/remove-trailing-slash

with npm:

$ npm install remove-trailing-slash

API

removeTrailingSlash(str)

Removes trailing slashes from the given str

Example

var slashes = require('slashes')

slashes('http://google.com/').should.be.equal('http://google.com');

License

MIT