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Node.js urlObject.pathname API

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With the help of urlObject.pathname() method, we can find the name of the path which is used by the given hostname. This contains all the things starting from the host (with the port) and before the beginning of the query or hash components, which are delimited by one of the ASCII question mark (?) or hash (#) characters.

Syntax: 

urlObject.pathname()

Return: Returns the pathname used(i.e.’/p/a/t/h’)

Example 1: In this example, we will see the use of urlObject.pathname()

javascript




const url = require('url');
     
const address = 
   
// Parse the address:
const q = url.parse(address, true);
   
/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */
   
console.log(q.pathname);


Output:

/a/b

Example 2: In this example, we will see the object containing URL properties

javascript




const url = require('url');
     
const address = 
   
// Parse the address:
const q = url.parse(address, true);
   
/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */
   
console.log(q.pathname);


Output:

/

Supported Browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Edge
  • Opera
  • Apple Safari
  • Firefox

Last Updated : 31 Mar, 2023
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