I am trying to import the URL class from the nodejs api so I can parse urls and retrieve their origin, hostname, and paths.
I am trying to do it by typing
import * as URL from "url";
and I have also tried
import { URL } from "url";
and I cannot seem to get this to work for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The way I am trying to use this is as such
var site = new URL("http://www.website.com");
And it is throwing an error because it states that URL is not a constructor
The URL constructor was introduced as part of node v7.0. import { URL } from "url"; is the proper way to import it if you are using node >= v7.0. Make sure you are using the latest version of node typings as updated as well:
npm install --save-dev @types/node
If your node version is < 7.0 then you can use the parse method:
import * as url from "url";
var site = url.parse("http://www.website.com");
import m = require("m");
import * as url from 'Url';
{ parse: [Function: urlParse],
resolve: [Function: urlResolve],
resolveObject: [Function: urlResolveObject],
format: [Function: urlFormat],
Url: [Function: Url]
}
It's not a constructor. You'll need to do use one of the exposed methods:
import * as url from 'url';
console.log(url.parse('https://www.google.com'))
// Output:
Url {
protocol: 'https:',
slashes: true,
auth: null,
host: 'www.google.com',
port: null,
hostname: 'www.google.com',
hash: null,
search: null,
query: null,
pathname: '/',
path: '/',
href: 'https://www.google.com/' }
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import m = require("m");If someone is wondering how to use URL so code is portable between Node.js and browser environment, then i've came to this solution:
import * as nodeUrl from "url";
const URL = typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.URL : nodeUrl.URL;
declare var window; for it to work as answered here stackoverflow.com/a/61871419/1997873