url-mgr

For node.js - Parses URLs (http and https) into a JavaScript object which can be edited and easily exported as a new URL

Installation

npm install url-mgr

Using url-mgr

Initializing

var urlMgr = require('url-mgr');
var url = new urlMgr.Url('http://example.com/some/path?stripes=broad&stars=bright');

Properties

domain

Gets or sets the domain portion of the URL

console.log(url.domain);        //Prints 'example.com'

path

Gets or sets the path portion of the URL

console.log(url.path);          //Prints '/some/path'

port

Gets or sets the URL's port
If not included in the URL, the port will default to 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS

console.log(url.port);          //Prints '80'

protocol

Gets or sets the URL's protocol

console.log(url.protocol);      //Prints 'http'

query

Returns a Query object containing key-value pairs for each query-string variable

console.log(url.query.stripes); //Prints 'broad'
console.log(url.query);         //Prints {"stripes": "broad", "stars": "bright"}

You can also enumerate the Query's key-value pairs using a for...in loop:

for(key in url.query){
   console.log(key + ': ' + url.query[key]);
}
//Output:
//stripes: broad
//stars: bright

queryString

Gets or sets the query-string

console.log(url.queryString);   //Prints 'stripes=broad&stars=bright'
url.queryString = "one=fish&red=blue"
console.log(url.query);         //Prints {"one": "fish", "red": "blue"}
console.log(url.queryString);   //Prints 'one=fish&red=blue'
console.log(url.toString());    //Prints 'http://example.com/some/path?one=fish&red=blue'

url

Gets the URL string based on current values or sets the URL to a new URL

console.log(url.url);           //Prints 'http://example.com/some/path?stripes=broad&stars=bright'
url.domain = 'www.example.com';
url.query.stripes = 'red%20and%20white';
url.port = '8080';
console.log(url.url);           //Prints 'http://www.example.com:8080/some/path?stripes=red%20and%20white&stars=bright'
url.url = 'http://www.example.net/?good=morning';
console.log(url.domain);        //Prints 'www.example.net'
console.log(url.query.good);    //Prints 'morning'

Methods

toString()

Returns the URL string based on current values

console.log(url.toString());           //Prints 'http://example.com/some/path?stripes=broad&stars=bright'
url.domain = 'www.example.com';
url.query.stripes = 'red%20and%20white';
url.port = '8080';
console.log(url.toString());           //Prints 'http://www.example.com:8080/some/path?stripes=red%20and%20white&stars=bright'