url-parse-lax

Lax url.parse() with support for protocol-less URLs & IPs

Install

$ npm install url-parse-lax

Usage

import urlParseLax from 'url-parse-lax';

urlParseLax('sindresorhus.com');
/*
{
	protocol: 'https:',
	slashes: true,
	auth: null,
	host: 'sindresorhus.com',
	port: null,
	hostname: 'sindresorhus.com',
	hash: null,
	search: null,
	query: null,
	pathname: '/',
	path: '/',
	href: 'https://sindresorhus.com/'
}
*/

urlParseLax('[2001:db8::]:8000');
/*
{
	protocol: null,
	slashes: true,
	auth: null,
	host: '[2001:db8::]:8000',
	port: '8000',
	hostname: '2001:db8::',
	hash: null,
	search: null,
	query: null,
	pathname: '/',
	path: '/',
	href: 'http://[2001:db8::]:8000/'
}
*/

And with the built-in url.parse():

import url from 'url';

url.parse('sindresorhus.com');
/*
{
	protocol: null,
	slashes: null,
	auth: null,
	host: null,
	port: null,
	hostname: null,
	hash: null,
	search: null,
	query: null,
	pathname: 'sindresorhus',
	path: 'sindresorhus',
	href: 'sindresorhus'
}
*/

url.parse('[2001:db8::]:8000');
/*
{
	protocol: null,
	slashes: null,
	auth: null,
	host: null,
	port: null,
	hostname: null,
	hash: null,
	search: null,
	query: null,
	pathname: '[2001:db8::]:8000',
	path: '[2001:db8::]:8000',
	href: '[2001:db8::]:8000'
}
*/

API

urlParseLax(url, options?)

url

Type: string

The URL to parse.

options

Type: object

https

Type: boolean
Default: true

Prepend https:// instead of http:// to protocol-less URLs.

Related

• url-format-lax - Lax url.format() that formats a hostname and port into IPv6-compatible socket form of hostname:port

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