Node.js urlObject.href API

The urlObject.href API is used to return the complete URL string along with the protocols(HTTP) and pathname or other search terms. 

Syntax:

urlObject.href

For example: 'http://www.geeksforgeeks.com/login/password.html'

Here, Protocol = http
      Path = /login
      Host = 'www'
      File Name = password.html

Example 1: The below example illustrates the use of urlObejct.href method in Node.js.

javascript

// Node program to demonstrate the
// urlObject.href API as Setter

// It will return a URL object
const gfg = new URL('https://www.geeksforgeeks.com/login.html ');

// Output the fetched url
console.log(gfg.href);

Output: 

 https://www.geeksforgeeks.com/login.html

Example 2: In this example, we will see the use of urlObject.href

javascript

// Node program to demonstrate the
// url.href API as Setter

// Importing the module 'url-parse'

// Use command 'npm install url-parse' in command
// prompt to import this module
const parse = require('url-parse');

const url = parse('https://www.example.com:777/a/b?c=d&e=f#g ');

console.log(url.href);

Output: 

 https://www.example.com:777/a/b?c=d&e=f#g 

Note: The above program will compile and run by using the node app.js command. 

Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_urlobject_href