Using path.join on NodeJS on Windows to create URL
node.js, path, url, windows
Solution
URLs aren't filesystem paths, so nothing in `path` is applicable to your requirements. I'd suggest using `url.resolve()` if it meets your needs, or `url.format()` if not. Note that you can't simply substitute either for `path.join()` in your code, since they require different arguments. Read the documentation carefully.
Problem
I have two dynamic pieces of a URL that I'm trying to join together to make a full URL. Since I don't know the exact strings I'll be joining, I want to use a path-joining library to avoid string-joining errors like `"http://www.mysite.com/friends//12334.html"`, which has an extra slash, etc. I am working on a Windows 7 Home computer using Node.js. I tried using the `path` library's `path.join(...)`, but because I am on Windows, it turned all of the forward slashes backwards, which is obviously incorrect for a URL. Example: ``` var path = require('path'), joined = path.join('http://www.mysite.com/', '/friends/family'); console.log(joined); // Prints: // http:\www.miserable.com\friends\family ``` What function or library can I use to join pieces of a URL together on Windows? Alternatively, how can I get `path.join` to force UNIX-style separators rather than those of Windows?