Node.js urlObject.auth API

With the help of urlObject.auth() method, we can find the authentication parameter within the hostname. This method returns the string of parameters.

Syntax :

urlObject.auth()  

Return: Returns the string of authentication parameters. 

Example 1: In this example with the help of urlObject.auth() method we are able to extract the username and password from the hostname.

javascript

// importing the module 'url'
const url = require('url');

const adr =
'https://username=jitender:password=geeks@www.geeksforgeeks.com';

// Parse the address:
const q = url.parse(adr, true);

/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */
console.log(q.auth);

Output:

Example 2: In this example with the help of urlObject.auth() method we are able to extract the username and password from the hostname.

javascript

// importing the module 'url'
const url = require('url');

const adr =
'https://username=author:password=truegeek@www.gfg.com';

// Parse the address:
const q = url.parse(adr, true);

/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */
console.log(q.search);

Output: