url: missing posix/win fileURLtoPath alternative #51609

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1. Shreyas-29 commented on Feb 9, 2024

   

   Shreyas-29

   on Feb 9, 2024

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   To solve this issue of: url.fileURLtoPath, you can use this function to create platform-independent file URLs. Here's an example how you can use it:

   const url = require('url');
   
   const filePath = 'your/file/path';
   
   const fileUrl = url.pathToFileURL(filePath); // convert file path to file a file URL
   
   const filePathFromUrl = url.fileURLtoPath(fileUrl); // convert file URL back to the file path
   
   console.log('Original file path:', filePath);
   console.log('File path from URL:', filePathFromUrl); 
   

   Make sure to replace your/file/path with the actual path you want to convert.

   Check this might work. 😊
2. LiviaMedeiros commented on Apr 14, 2024

   

   LiviaMedeiros

   on Apr 14, 2024

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   Are there common usecases where url.pathToFileURL() or url.fileURLToPath() are needed, but path module is not?

   IMHO these functions belong to path more than to url, and it would make sense to export them on path.posix and path.win32 (and perhaps either re-export or move default version to path), rather than adding optional params or adding url.posix/url.win32.
3. avivkeller commented on Apr 14, 2024

   

   avivkeller

   on Apr 14, 2024

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   In my initial idea for #52509, I tried to move them, but I decided against it for a few reasons:

   1. It's a semver major change (breaking)
   2. They rely on internal URL features that are exported, so moving them would require a rethink of that system

   I'm totally for the potential move, I'm just not sure the best way to do it.
4. nodejs-github-bot

   closed this as completedin #52509on Apr 24, 2024