Node | URL.password API

Last Updated : 23 Feb, 2021

The url.password is an inbuilt application programming interface of class URL with in url module which is used to get and set the password portion of the URL.
Syntax:

const url.password

Return value: It gets and sets the password portion of the URL.
Below programs illustrate the use of url.password Method:
Example 1:

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// node program to demonstrate the
// url.password API as Setter
  
//importing the module 'url'
const http = require('url');
  
// creating and initializing myURL
const myURL = new URL('https://pqr:abc@example.com');
  
// Display password
// value of myURL before change
console.log("Before Change");
console.log(myURL.password);
  
// assinging password portion
// using password API
console.log();
 
// Changing the myUrl.password for the above URL
myURL.password = '123';
  
// Display the changed password
// value of myURL after change
console.log("After Change");
console.log(myURL.href);

Output:

Example 2:

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// node program to demonstrate the
// url.password API as Getter
 
//importing the module 'url'
const http = require('url');
 
// creating and initializing myURL
const myURL = new URL('https://example.org/foo#ram');
myURL.password = '1234'
 
// getting the password portion
// using password
const password = myURL.password;
 
// Display hostname value
console.log("password is : "+password);
console.log(myURL.href);

Output:

NOTE: The above program will compile and run by using the myapp.js command in Node.
Reference:
https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_password

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