newURL

Simple function to convert strings to urls.

Given a string returns a valid URL.

Mostly used to fix urls without protocol, like "example.com".

No need for regexes, using only the native URL constructor.

Install

npm install new-url

Usage

import { newURL } from "new-url";

• Turn "example.com" into "https://example.com/":

const url = newURL("example.com").href; // "https://example.com/"

• Works with any string:

const url = newURL("example").href; // "https://example/"

const url = newURL(
  "ftp://user:[e-mail]:8000/path/name?foo=bar&bar=foo#hash"
);
url.href; // "https://example.com/"
url.hash; // "#hash"
url.host; // "www.example.com:8000"
url.hostname; // "www.example.com"
url.href; // "ftp://user:[e-mail]:8000/path/name?foo=bar&bar=foo#hash"
url.origin; // "ftp://www.example.com:8000"
url.password; // "password"
url.pathname; // "/path/name"
url.port; // "8000"
url.protocol; // "ftp:"
url.search; // "?foo=bar&bar=foo"
url.username; // "user"

See the test file for more examples.

Ideas

• [ ] Add protocol as parameter, ex: newURL("example.com", "ftp").href; // "ftp://example.com/"