get url node js code example

Example 1: express get raw path

const url = require('url');
const express = require('express');

const app = express();
app.use((req, res, next) => {
  const path = url.parse(req.url).path;
  // Do something...
});

const port = 3000;
app.listen(port, console.log(`Listening on port ${port}.`));

Example 2: node get current url

const fullUrl = `${req.protocol}://${req.get("host")}${req.originalUrl}`;

Example 3: how to get url node

const https = require("https"); //First require the module 

const url = https://url.com 
//good practice is to assign the url to a const named url//

app.get("/", function(req, res){
    https.get(url, function(res){
        console.log(res);//if you wish to console log the respone from the server
    });