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Turn a path string such as
/user/:name
into a regular expression.
npm install path-to-regexp --save
const { match, pathToRegexp, compile, parse, stringify, } = require("path-to-regexp");
Parameters match arbitrary strings in a path by matching up to the end of the segment, or up to any proceeding tokens. They are defined by prefixing a colon to the parameter name (:foo
). Parameter names can use any valid JavaScript identifier, or be double quoted to use other characters (:"param-name"
).
const fn = match("/:foo/:bar"); fn("/test/route"); //=> { path: '/test/route', params: { foo: 'test', bar: 'route' } }
Wildcard parameters match one or more characters across multiple segments. They are defined the same way as regular parameters, but are prefixed with an asterisk (*foo
).
const fn = match("/*splat"); fn("/bar/baz"); //=> { path: '/bar/baz', params: { splat: [ 'bar', 'baz' ] } }
Braces can be used to define parts of the path that are optional.
const fn = match("/users{/:id}/delete"); fn("/users/delete"); //=> { path: '/users/delete', params: {} } fn("/users/123/delete"); //=> { path: '/users/123/delete', params: { id: '123' } }
The match
function returns a function for matching strings against a path:
false
to disable all processing. (default: decodeURIComponent
)const fn = match("/foo/:bar");
Please note: path-to-regexp
is intended for ordered data (e.g. paths, hosts). It can not handle arbitrarily ordered data (e.g. query strings, URL fragments, JSON, etc).
The pathToRegexp
function returns a regular expression for matching strings against paths. It
false
)true
)[^/]
for :named
parameters. (default: '/'
)true
)const { regexp, keys } = pathToRegexp("/foo/:bar");
The compile
function will return a function for transforming parameters into a valid path:
[^/]
for :named
parameters. (default: '/'
)false
to disable entirely. (default: encodeURIComponent
)const toPath = compile("/user/:id"); toPath({ id: "name" }); //=> "/user/name" toPath({ id: "café" }); //=> "/user/caf%C3%A9" const toPathRepeated = compile("/*segment"); toPathRepeated({ segment: ["foo"] }); //=> "/foo" toPathRepeated({ segment: ["a", "b", "c"] }); //=> "/a/b/c" // When disabling `encode`, you need to make sure inputs are encoded correctly. No arrays are accepted. const toPathRaw = compile("/user/:id", { encode: false }); toPathRaw({ id: "%3A%2F" }); //=> "/user/%3A%2F"
Transform TokenData
(a sequence of tokens) back into a Path-to-RegExp string.
TokenData
instanceconst data = new TokenData([ { type: "text", value: "/" }, { type: "param", name: "foo" }, ]); const path = stringify(data); //=> "/:foo"
encode: false
and decode: false
to keep raw paths passed around.encodePath
.The parse
function accepts a string and returns TokenData
, the set of tokens and other metadata parsed from the input string. TokenData
is can used with match
and compile
.
x => x
, recommended: encodeurl
)TokenData
is a sequence of tokens, currently of types text
, parameter
, wildcard
, or group
.
In some applications, you may not be able to use the path-to-regexp
syntax, but still want to use this library for match
and compile
. For example:
import { TokenData, match } from "path-to-regexp"; const tokens = [ { type: "text", value: "/" }, { type: "parameter", name: "foo" }, ]; const path = new TokenData(tokens); const fn = match(path); fn("/test"); //=> { path: '/test', index: 0, params: { foo: 'test' } }
An effort has been made to ensure ambiguous paths from previous releases throw an error. This means you might be seeing an error when things worked before.
?
or +
In past releases, ?
, *
, and +
were used to denote optional or repeating parameters. As an alternative, try these:
?
), use an empty segment in a group such as /:file{.:ext}
.+
), only wildcard matching is supported, such as /*path
.*
), use a group and a wildcard parameter such as /files{/*path}
.(
, )
, [
, ]
, etc.Previous versions of Path-to-RegExp used these for RegExp features. This version no longer supports them so they've been reserved to avoid ambiguity. To use these characters literally, escape them with a backslash, e.g. "\\("
.
Parameter names must be provided after :
or *
, and they must be a valid JavaScript identifier. If you want an parameter name that isn't a JavaScript identifier, such as starting with a number, you can wrap the name in quotes like :"my-name"
.
Parameter names can be wrapped in double quote characters, and this error means you forgot to close the quote character.
Path-To-RegExp breaks compatibility with Express <= 4.x
in the following ways:
*
must have a name, matching the behavior of parameters :
.?
is no longer supported, use braces instead: /:file{.:ext}
.()[]?+!
).:"this"
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