node-match-path

node-match-path

Matches a URL against the given path.

Getting started

Install

npm install node-match-path

Usage

const { match } = require('node-match-path')

match('/user/:userId', '/user/5')
/*
{
  matches: true,
  params: {
    userId: '5'
  }
}
*/

API

match(path: RegExp | string, url: string): Match

Returns a match data, if any, between a url and a path.

String path

match('/admin', '/admin')

/*
{
  matches: true,
  params: null
}
*/

Path parameters

match('/admin/:messageId', '/admin/abc-123')

/*
{
  matches: true,
  params: {
    messageId: 'abc-123'
  }
}
*/

Wildcard

match('/user/*/inbox', '/user/abc-123/inbox')

/*
{
  matches: true,
  params: null
}
*/

Regular expression

match(/\/messages\/.+?\/participants/, '/messages/5/participants')

/*
{
  matches: true,
  params: null
}
*/

Honorable mentions

• path-to-regexp