Comprehensive Introduction to git-url-parse and Practical API Examples

git-url-parse is a powerful library to parse Git repository URLs into structured data. It offers a series of useful APIs for developers to work with Git URLs effortlessly.

Getting Started with git-url-parse

First, install the library using npm:

npm install git-url-parse

Once installed, you can start using its powerful API:

Parsing a Git URL

const gitUrlParse = require("git-url-parse");
const url = gitUrlParse("https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-url-parse.git");
console.log(url); // Outputs: // { //   protocols: [ 'https' ], //   protocol: 'https', //   port: null, //   resource: 'github.com', //   user: '', //   pathname: '/IonicaBizau/git-url-parse', //   hash: '', //   search: '', //   href: 'https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-url-parse.git', //   token: '', //   ... and many more! // } 

Getting the Protocol

const protocol = url.protocol; console.log(protocol); // Outputs: 'https' 

Extracting the Git User

const user = url.user; console.log(user); // Outputs: '' 

Fetching the Repository Name

const repo = url.name; console.log(repo); // Outputs: 'git-url-parse' 

Complete API Reference

• url.resource: The resource (e.g., github.com)
• url.protocol: The protocol (e.g., https)
• url.port: The port (if any)
• url.user: The user/organization
• url.pathname: The pathname
• url.hash: The hash
• … and many more!

Example Application Using git-url-parse

Below is an example of an application that uses git-url-parse to extract information from a list of Git URLs:

const gitUrlParse = require("git-url-parse");
const urls = [
  "https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-url-parse.git",
  "https://bitbucket.org/user/repo.git",
  "git@github.com:user/repo.git"
];
urls.forEach(url => {
  const parsed = gitUrlParse(url);
  console.log(`Repository: ${parsed.name}, Resource: ${parsed.resource}, User: ${parsed.user}`);
}); 

This example iterates through a list of Git URLs, parses each one and displays the repository name, resource, and user information.

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