urltool

urltool

Node Module & Browser Library for parsing, formatting and serializing URLs

Import

In the browser, you can use UrlTool to access urltool However in node.js, you have to use require('urltool') to access urltool

Usage

Url

This class is used to parse and format URLs.

const url = new UrlTool.Url('http://example.com/path/to/file.html?param=value#hash')

.format(?template)

Format the URL.

url.format()

You can use custom templates by passing it as an argument. The default template is: {protocol}://{host}/{path}/{query}{hash}. Available properties are protocol, host, path, query, hostWithoutPort, port and hash.

.protocol

The protocol of the URL. e.g.: http

.host

The host of the URL. If the port isn't the default port for the given protocol, it will be included. e.g.: example.com, example.com:8080

.hostWithoutPort

The host of the URL ALWAYS without the port. e.g.: example.com

.port

The port of the URL. e.g.: 80

.path

The path of the URL. e.g.: /path/to/file.html

.query

The query of the URL. e.g.: ?param=value

.hash

The hash of the URL. e.g.: #hash

parseQuerystring(querystring)

Parse a querystring into an object.

UrlTool.parseQuerystring('param=value&param2=value2') // { param: 'value', param2: 'value2' }

stringifyQuerystring(query)

Stringify a query object into a querystring.

UrlTool.stringifyQuerystring({ param: 'value', param2: 'value2' }) // 'param=value&param2=value2'