function fileURLToPath
Usage in Deno
import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
fileURLToPath(url: string | URL,options?: FileUrlToPathOptions,): string
This function ensures the correct decodings of percent-encoded characters as well as ensuring a cross-platform valid absolute path string.
import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
new URL('file:///C:/path/').pathname; // Incorrect: /C:/path/
fileURLToPath('file:///C:/path/'); // Correct: C:\path\ (Windows)
new URL('file://nas/foo.txt').pathname; // Incorrect: /foo.txt
fileURLToPath('file://nas/foo.txt'); // Correct: \\nas\foo.txt (Windows)
new URL('file:///你好.txt').pathname; // Incorrect: /%E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD.txt
fileURLToPath('file:///你好.txt'); // Correct: /你好.txt (POSIX)
new URL('file:///hello world').pathname; // Incorrect: /hello%20world
fileURLToPath('file:///hello world'); // Correct: /hello world (POSIX)
url: string | URL
The file URL string or URL object to convert to a path.
optional
options: FileUrlToPathOptions
string
The fully-resolved platform-specific Node.js file path.