URL normalizer

URL normalizer with punycode support.

To install:

npm install url-norm

Usage:

var urlNorm = require('url-norm');

urlNorm('http://www.example.com:80/test/../index.html');
// Returns: http://www.example.com/index.html

urlNorm.path('/test/../.././root/file.html');
// Returns: /root/file.html

urlNorm.equals('http://www.xn--mnich-kva.com/index.html',
	'http://www.münich.com/index.html'); // Returns: true

Options

ignoreParams Case-insensitive array of query string parameters to strip. Defaults to:

ignoreParams: [
	'utm_source',
	'utm_medium',
	'utm_term',
	'utm_content',
	'utm_campaign'
]

indexes An array of indexes that will be stripped if ignoreIndex is set to true. Defaults to:

indexes: [
	'index',
	'index.html',
	'index.htm',
	'index.php',
	'index.asp',
	'index.phtml',
	'index.shtml',
	'index.do'
]

ignoreIndex If to strip the index value from the URL path. Defaults to false.

excludeHash If to strip the #value from the URL. Defaults to true.

urlNorm(url, [opts])

string

Returns the normalized version of url.

urlNorm.path(path, [opts])

string

Normalizes a path. If the path has a host it will be stripped from the result

urlNorm.equals(urlA, urlB, [opts])

boolean

Returns true if urlA is equal urlB when normalized.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Sam Clarke

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.