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class URL

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { URL } from "node:node__url.d.ts"; ```
Browser-compatible `URL` class, implemented by following the WHATWG URL Standard. [Examples of parsed URLs](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#example-url-parsing) may be found in the Standard itself. The `URL` class is also available on the global object. In accordance with browser conventions, all properties of `URL` objects are implemented as getters and setters on the class prototype, rather than as data properties on the object itself. Thus, unlike `legacy urlObject`s, using the `delete` keyword on any properties of `URL` objects (e.g. `delete myURL.protocol`, `delete myURL.pathname`, etc) has no effect but will still return `true`.

Constructors

new
URL(
input: string | { toString: () => string; },
base?: string | URL,
)

Properties

hash: string
Gets and sets the fragment portion of the URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo#bar'); console.log(myURL.hash); // Prints #bar myURL.hash = 'baz'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.org/foo#baz ``` Invalid URL characters included in the value assigned to the `hash` property are `percent-encoded`. The selection of which characters to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [parse](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/parse) and [format](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/format) methods would produce.
host: string
Gets and sets the host portion of the URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org:81/foo'); console.log(myURL.host); // Prints example.org:81 myURL.host = 'example.com:82'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.com:82/foo ``` Invalid host values assigned to the `host` property are ignored.
hostname: string
Gets and sets the host name portion of the URL. The key difference between`url.host` and `url.hostname` is that `url.hostname` does _not_ include the port. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org:81/foo'); console.log(myURL.hostname); // Prints example.org // Setting the hostname does not change the port myURL.hostname = 'example.com'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.com:81/foo // Use myURL.host to change the hostname and port myURL.host = 'example.org:82'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.org:82/foo ``` Invalid host name values assigned to the `hostname` property are ignored.
href: string
Gets and sets the serialized URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo'); console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.org/foo myURL.href = 'https://example.com/bar'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.com/bar ``` Getting the value of the `href` property is equivalent to calling toString. Setting the value of this property to a new value is equivalent to creating a new `URL` object using `new URL(value)`. Each of the `URL` object's properties will be modified. If the value assigned to the `href` property is not a valid URL, a `TypeError` will be thrown.
readonly
origin: string
Gets the read-only serialization of the URL's origin. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo/bar?baz'); console.log(myURL.origin); // Prints https://example.org ``` ```js const idnURL = new URL('https://測試'); console.log(idnURL.origin); // Prints https://xn--g6w251d console.log(idnURL.hostname); // Prints xn--g6w251d ```
password: string
Gets and sets the password portion of the URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://abc:xyz@example.com'); console.log(myURL.password); // Prints xyz myURL.password = '123'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://abc:123@example.com/ ``` Invalid URL characters included in the value assigned to the `password` property are `percent-encoded`. The selection of which characters to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [parse](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/parse) and [format](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/format) methods would produce.
pathname: string
Gets and sets the path portion of the URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/abc/xyz?123'); console.log(myURL.pathname); // Prints /abc/xyz myURL.pathname = '/abcdef'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.org/abcdef?123 ``` Invalid URL characters included in the value assigned to the `pathname` property are `percent-encoded`. The selection of which characters to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [parse](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/parse) and [format](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/format) methods would produce.
port: string
Gets and sets the port portion of the URL. The port value may be a number or a string containing a number in the range `0` to `65535` (inclusive). Setting the value to the default port of the `URL` objects given `protocol` will result in the `port` value becoming the empty string (`''`). The port value can be an empty string in which case the port depends on the protocol/scheme: Upon assigning a value to the port, the value will first be converted to a string using `.toString()`. If that string is invalid but it begins with a number, the leading number is assigned to `port`. If the number lies outside the range denoted above, it is ignored. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org:8888'); console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 8888 // Default ports are automatically transformed to the empty string // (HTTPS protocol's default port is 443) myURL.port = '443'; console.log(myURL.port); // Prints the empty string console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.org/ myURL.port = 1234; console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 1234 console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://example.org:1234/ // Completely invalid port strings are ignored myURL.port = 'abcd'; console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 1234 // Leading numbers are treated as a port number myURL.port = '5678abcd'; console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 5678 // Non-integers are truncated myURL.port = 1234.5678; console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 1234 // Out-of-range numbers which are not represented in scientific notation // will be ignored. myURL.port = 1e10; // 10000000000, will be range-checked as described below console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 1234 ``` Numbers which contain a decimal point, such as floating-point numbers or numbers in scientific notation, are not an exception to this rule. Leading numbers up to the decimal point will be set as the URL's port, assuming they are valid: ```js myURL.port = 4.567e21; console.log(myURL.port); // Prints 4 (because it is the leading number in the string '4.567e21') ```
protocol: string
Gets and sets the protocol portion of the URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org'); console.log(myURL.protocol); // Prints https: myURL.protocol = 'ftp'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints ftp://example.org/ ``` Invalid URL protocol values assigned to the `protocol` property are ignored.
Gets the `URLSearchParams` object representing the query parameters of the URL. This property is read-only but the `URLSearchParams` object it provides can be used to mutate the URL instance; to replace the entirety of query parameters of the URL, use the search setter. See `URLSearchParams` documentation for details. Use care when using `.searchParams` to modify the `URL` because, per the WHATWG specification, the `URLSearchParams` object uses different rules to determine which characters to percent-encode. For instance, the `URL` object will not percent encode the ASCII tilde (`~`) character, while `URLSearchParams` will always encode it: ```js const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/abc?foo=~bar'); console.log(myURL.search); // prints ?foo=~bar // Modify the URL via searchParams... myURL.searchParams.sort(); console.log(myURL.search); // prints ?foo=%7Ebar ```
username: string
Gets and sets the username portion of the URL. ```js const myURL = new URL('https://abc:xyz@example.com'); console.log(myURL.username); // Prints abc myURL.username = '123'; console.log(myURL.href); // Prints https://123:xyz@example.com/ ``` Any invalid URL characters appearing in the value assigned the `username` property will be `percent-encoded`. The selection of which characters to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [parse](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/parse) and [format](../.././node__url.d.ts/~/format) methods would produce.

Methods

toJSON(): string
The `toJSON()` method on the `URL` object returns the serialized URL. The value returned is equivalent to that of href and toString. This method is automatically called when an `URL` object is serialized with [`JSON.stringify()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify). ```js const myURLs = [ new URL('https://www.example.com'), new URL('https://test.example.org'), ]; console.log(JSON.stringify(myURLs)); // Prints ["https://www.example.com/","https://test.example.org/"] ```
toString(): string
The `toString()` method on the `URL` object returns the serialized URL. The value returned is equivalent to that of href and toJSON.

Static Methods

canParse(
input: string,
base?: string,
): boolean
Checks if an `input` relative to the `base` can be parsed to a `URL`. ```js const isValid = URL.canParse('/foo', 'https://example.org/'); // true const isNotValid = URL.canParse('/foo'); // false ```
createObjectURL(blob: NodeBlob): string
Creates a `'blob:nodedata:...'` URL string that represents the given `Blob` object and can be used to retrieve the `Blob` later. ```js import { Blob, resolveObjectURL, } from 'node:buffer'; const blob = new Blob(['hello']); const id = URL.createObjectURL(blob); // later... const otherBlob = resolveObjectURL(id); console.log(otherBlob.size); ``` The data stored by the registered `Blob` will be retained in memory until `URL.revokeObjectURL()` is called to remove it. `Blob` objects are registered within the current thread. If using Worker Threads, `Blob` objects registered within one Worker will not be available to other workers or the main thread.
parse(
input: string,
base?: string,
): URL | null
Parses a string as a URL. If `base` is provided, it will be used as the base URL for the purpose of resolving non-absolute `input` URLs. Returns `null` if `input` is not a valid.
revokeObjectURL(id: string): void
Removes the stored `Blob` identified by the given ID. Attempting to revoke a ID that isn't registered will silently fail.
interface URL
extends _URL
variable URL
`URL` class is a global reference for `import { URL } from 'url'` https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#the-whatwg-url-api

Type

globalThis extends { onmessage: any; URL: infer T; } ? T : _URL