Get file name from URL using Lua

Question

How do I get the file name from a URL using Lua string manipulations.

I have this url

https://thisisarandomsite.com/some_dir/src/blah/blah/7fd34a0945b036685bbd6cc2583a5c30.jpg

And I want to get the 7fd34a0945b036685bbd6cc2583a5c30.jpg, it can be a random site so the site name is not static.

hjpotter92 · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-16 02:14:56Z

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Try this:

local str = "https://thisisarandomsite.com/some_dir/src/blah/blah/7fd34a0945b036685bbd6cc2583a5c30.jpg"
local name = str:match( "([^/]+)$" )

You can customise the match pattern from this guide.

answered Aug 16, 2013 at 2:14

hjpotter92

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This pattern may be slightly simpler to understand: ".+/(.*)$".