Node.js urlObject.protocol API

With the help of urlObject.protocol() method, we can find the name of protocol which is used by the given hostname.

Syntax : urlObject.protocol()
Return : Returns the protocol used (i.e. – http, https, ftp, etc.)

Example #1 : In this example, with the help of urlObject.protocol() method we are able to extract the protocol used from the hostname.

// Importing the module 'url'
const url = require('url');

var adr =
'http://localhost:8080/default.htm?year=2019&month=may';

// Parse the address:
var q = url.parse(adr, true);

/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */

console.log(q.protocol);

Output :

Example #2 :

// Importing the module 'url'
const url = require('url');

var adr =
'https://localhost:8080/default.htm?year=2k19&month=geekofthemonth';

// Parse the address:
var q = url.parse(adr, true);

/* The parse method returns an object containing
 URL properties */

console.log(q.protocol);

Output :