Anchor/URL

The URL module has utilities for URL resolution and parsing.

Install

component

$ component install anchorjs/url

volo

$ volo add anchorjs/url

Usage

Parse

Take a URL string, and return an object.

url.parse('http://www.example.com/')

Format

Take a parsed URL object, and return a formatted URL string.

url.format({ 'protocol': 'http:',
             'host': 'www.example.com',
             'pathname': '/' })

Resolve

Take a base URL, and a href URL, and resolve them as a browser would for an anchor tag.

url.resolve('http://example.com/a', '/b');

Compatibility

component

This module uses the AMD format. To include in component builds, use component-amd:

component build -u component-amd

Node

This module implements the interface exported by Node's URL module.

Tests

To run tests in a browser, execute the Make target for the desired browser:

$ make test-chrome
$ make test-firefox
$ make test-safari

Headless tests can be executed directly from a terminal:

$ make test-phantomjs

Credits

• Jared Hanson

License

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Jared Hanson <http://jaredhanson.net/>
Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.