Node.js URL.fileURLToPath API
Last Updated :
14 Oct, 2021
This URL.fileURLToPath function decodes the file URL to a path string and ensures that the URL control characters (/, %) are correctly appended/adjusted when converting the given file URL into a path.
Syntax:
url.fileURLToPath( url )
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter url which holds the file URL string or object to convert into path.
Return Value: It returns a string which represents the fully-resolved platform-specific file path.
Below programs illustrates the use of URL.fileURLToPath() Method in Node.js:
Example 1:
const url = require( 'url' );
console.log(url.fileURLToPath(file))
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Output:
\\computerscience\geeksforgeeks.txt
Example 2:
const url = require( 'url' );
console.log(url.fileURLToPath(file))
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Output:
C:\path\example\gfg
Note: The above program will compile and run by using the node app.js command.
Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_fileurltopath_url
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