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fileURLToPath - node__url.d.ts - Node documentation
function fileURLToPath

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { fileURLToPath } from "node:node__url.d.ts"; ```
fileURLToPath(
url: string | URL,
): string
This function ensures the correct decodings of percent-encoded characters as well as ensuring a cross-platform valid absolute path string. ```js import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'; const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url); new URL('file:///C:/path/').pathname; // Incorrect: /C:/path/ fileURLToPath('file:///C:/path/'); // Correct: C:\path\ (Windows) new URL('file://nas/foo.txt').pathname; // Incorrect: /foo.txt fileURLToPath('file://nas/foo.txt'); // Correct: \\nas\foo.txt (Windows) new URL('file:///你好.txt').pathname; // Incorrect: /%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD.txt fileURLToPath('file:///你好.txt'); // Correct: /你好.txt (POSIX) new URL('file:///hello world').pathname; // Incorrect: /hello%20world fileURLToPath('file:///hello world'); // Correct: /hello world (POSIX) ```

Parameters

url: string | URL
The file URL string or URL object to convert to a path.
optional
options: FileUrlToPathOptions

Return Type

string
The fully-resolved platform-specific Node.js file path.