What is URL module in Node.Js?

Url module is the core modules of node.js, which is used to parse the URL and its other properties.

The URL module splits up a web address into readable parts. To include the URL module, use the require() method:

an HTTP server will require information from the request URL to accurately process a request. This request URL is located on the url property contained within the req object itself.

var url = require('url');

Parse an address with the url.parse() method, and it will return a URL object with each part of the address as properties:

Example

File Name : example.js

var url = require('url');
var adr = 'http://localhost:8080/default.htm?year=2022&month=April';
var q = url.parse(adr, true);

console.log(q.host); //returns 'localhost:8080'
console.log(q.pathname); //returns '/default.htm'
console.log(q.search); //returns '?year=2022&month=april'

var qdata = q.query; //returns an object: { year: 2022, month: 'April' }
console.log(qdata.month); //returns 'April'

Example :-

File Name : url_test.js

var http = require('http');
var url = require('url');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {

var queryString = url.parse(req.url, true);
console.log(queryString);
// console.log("Complete href is :-"+queryString.href);

}).listen(8080);

Example

File Name :

var http = require('http');
var url = require('url');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {

var queryString = url.parse(req.url,true);
queryString.href = "www.ittutorial.in/xyz.html";
console.log("Complete href is :-"+queryString.href);

}).listen(8080);

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Output :-

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