Node(5) URL and Query String

Node.js Reference

get the pathname from url string:

var pathname = url.parse(req.url).pathname;

URL

url.parse(urlStr, [parseQueryString], [slashesDenoteHost])

return a URL object

var http = require( "http" );
var url = require( "url" );

var server = http.createServer();
server.listen( 9000 );
server.on( 'request',  function(req, res ){
	var pathname = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
	console.log( "request for " + pathname + " received." );
	res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/plain" });
	res.write( "Hello World" );
	res.end();
});
console.log( "localhost:9000 running" );

Query String

This module provides utilities for dealing with query strings. It provides the following methods:

querystring.stringify

querystring.stringify({ foo: 'bar', baz: ['qux', 'quux'], corge: '' })
// returns
//'foo=bar&baz=qux&baz=quux&corge='

querystring.parse

querystring.parse('foo=bar&baz=qux&baz=quux&corge')
// returns
//{ foo: 'bar', baz: ['qux', 'quux'], corge: '' }

querystring.escape: used by querystring.stringify

querystring.unescape: used by querystring.parse