This URL.pathToFileURL function converts the path to a file and ensures that the URL control characters (/, \, : ) are correctly appended/adjusted when converting the given path into a File URL.
Syntax:
url.pathToFileURL(path)
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter path which holds the path to convert a file URL.
Return Value: This function returns the file URL object.
Below programs illustrates the use of URL.-pathToFileURL Method:
Example 1:
// Node program to demonstrate the // URL.pathToFileURL API as Setter // Importing the module 'url' var url = require( 'url' ); // Some random path from system const path = 'D:\GeeksForGeeks' // Converting the path to properly encoded file console.log(url.pathToFileURL(path)) |
Output:
URL { href: 'file:///D:/GeeksForGeeks', origin: 'null', protocol: 'file:', username: '', password: '', host: '', hostname: '', port: '', pathname: '/D:/GeeksForGeeks', search: '', searchParams: URLSearchParams {}, hash: '' }
Example 2:
// Node program to demonstrate the // URL.pathToFileURL API as Setter // Importing the module 'url' var url = require( 'url' ); // Some random path from system const path = 'D:\NodeJS\node_modules\npm' // Converting the path to properly encoded file console.log(url.pathToFileURL(path)) |
Output:
URL { href: 'file:///D:/NodeJS%0Aode_modules%0Apm', origin: 'null', protocol: 'file:', username: '', password: '', host: '', hostname: '', port: '', pathname: '/D:/NodeJS%0Aode_modules%0Apm', search: '', searchParams: URLSearchParams {}, hash: '' }
Note: The above program will compile and run by using the node app.js command.
Reference https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_pathtofileurl_path
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