uri

This module implements URI parsing as specified by RFC 3986.

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) provides a simple and extensible means for identifying a resource. A URI can be further classified as a locator, a name, or both. The term “Uniform Resource Locator” (URL) refers to the subset of URIs.

Basic usage

Combine URIs

import uri
let host = parseUri("https://nim-lang.org")
let blog = "/blog.html"
let bloguri = host / blog
assert $host == "https://nim-lang.org"
assert $bloguri == "https://nim-lang.org/blog.html"

Access URI item

import uri
let res = parseUri("sftp://127.0.0.1:4343")
if isAbsolute(res):
  assert res.port == "4343"
else:
  echo "Wrong format"

Data URI Base64

doAssert getDataUri("Hello World", "text/plain") == "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ="
doAssert getDataUri("Nim", "text/plain") == "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,Tmlt"

Imports

since, strutils, parseutils, base64

Types

Url = distinct string

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Uri = object
  scheme*, username*, password*: string
  hostname*, port*, path*, query*, anchor*: string
  opaque*: bool
  isIpv6: bool

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Procs

proc getDataUri(data, mime: string; encoding = "utf-8"): string {...}{.raises: [],
    tags: [].}

Convenience proc for base64.encode returns a standard Base64 Data URI (RFC-2397)

See also:

• mimetypes for mime argument
• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2397
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme

Example:

static: doAssert getDataUri("Nim", "text/plain") == "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,Tmlt"

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Funcs

func encodeUrl(s: string; usePlus = true): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Encodes a URL according to RFC3986.

This means that characters in the set {'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9', '-', '.', '_', '~'} are carried over to the result. All other characters are encoded as %xx where xx denotes its hexadecimal value.

As a special rule, when the value of usePlus is true, spaces are encoded as + instead of %20.

See also:

• decodeUrl func

Example:

assert encodeUrl("https://nim-lang.org") == "https%3A%2F%2Fnim-lang.org"
assert encodeUrl("https://nim-lang.org/this is a test") == "https%3A%2F%2Fnim-lang.org%2Fthis+is+a+test"
assert encodeUrl("https://nim-lang.org/this is a test", false) == "https%3A%2F%2Fnim-lang.org%2Fthis%20is%20a%20test"

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func decodeUrl(s: string; decodePlus = true): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Decodes a URL according to RFC3986.

This means that any %xx (where xx denotes a hexadecimal value) are converted to the character with ordinal number xx, and every other character is carried over. If xx is not a valid hexadecimal value, it is left intact.

As a special rule, when the value of decodePlus is true, + characters are converted to a space.

See also:

• encodeUrl func

Example:

assert decodeUrl("https%3A%2F%2Fnim-lang.org") == "https://nim-lang.org"
assert decodeUrl("https%3A%2F%2Fnim-lang.org%2Fthis+is+a+test") == "https://nim-lang.org/this is a test"
assert decodeUrl("https%3A%2F%2Fnim-lang.org%2Fthis%20is%20a%20test",
    false) == "https://nim-lang.org/this is a test"
assert decodeUrl("abc%xyz") == "abc%xyz"

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func encodeQuery(query: openArray[(string, string)]; usePlus = true;
                 omitEq = true): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Encodes a set of (key, value) parameters into a URL query string.

Every (key, value) pair is URL-encoded and written as key=value. If the value is an empty string then the = is omitted, unless omitEq is false. The pairs are joined together by a & character.

The usePlus parameter is passed down to the encodeUrl function that is used for the URL encoding of the string values.

See also:

• encodeUrl func

Example:

assert encodeQuery({: }) == ""
assert encodeQuery({"a": "1", "b": "2"}) == "a=1&b=2"
assert encodeQuery({"a": "1", "b": ""}) == "a=1&b"

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func initUri(): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Initializes a URI with scheme, username, password, hostname, port, path, query and anchor.

See also:

• Uri type for available fields in the URI type

Example:

var uri2: Uri
assert initUri() == uri2

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func initUri(isIpv6: bool): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Initializes a URI with scheme, username, password, hostname, port, path, query, anchor and isIpv6.

See also:

• Uri type for available fields in the URI type

Example:

var uri2 = initUri(isIpv6 = true)
uri2.scheme = "tcp"
uri2.hostname = "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334"
uri2.port = "8080"
assert $uri2 == "tcp://[2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]:8080"

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func parseUri(uri: string; result: var Uri) {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Parses a URI. The result variable will be cleared before.

See also:

• Uri type for available fields in the URI type
• initUri func for initializing a URI

Example:

var res = initUri()
parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html", res)
assert res.scheme == "https"
assert res.hostname == "nim-lang.org"
assert res.path == "/docs/manual.html"

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func parseUri(uri: string): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Parses a URI and returns it.

See also:

• Uri type for available fields in the URI type

Example:

let res = parseUri("ftp://Username:Password@Hostname")
assert res.username == "Username"
assert res.password == "Password"
assert res.scheme == "ftp"

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func combine(base: Uri; reference: Uri): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Combines a base URI with a reference URI.

This uses the algorithm specified in section 5.2.2 of RFC 3986.

This means that the slashes inside the base URIs path as well as reference URIs path affect the resulting URI.

See also:

• / func for building URIs

Example:

let foo = combine(parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/foo/bar"), parseUri("/baz"))
assert foo.path == "/baz"
let bar = combine(parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/foo/bar"), parseUri("baz"))
assert bar.path == "/foo/baz"
let qux = combine(parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/foo/bar/"), parseUri("baz"))
assert qux.path == "/foo/bar/baz"

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func combine(uris: varargs[Uri]): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Combines multiple URIs together.

See also:

• / func for building URIs

Example:

let foo = combine(parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/"), parseUri("docs/"),
    parseUri("manual.html"))
assert foo.hostname == "nim-lang.org"
assert foo.path == "/docs/manual.html"

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func isAbsolute(uri: Uri): bool {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns true if URI is absolute, false otherwise.

Example:

let foo = parseUri("https://nim-lang.org")
assert isAbsolute(foo) == true
let bar = parseUri("nim-lang")
assert isAbsolute(bar) == false

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func `/`(x: Uri; path: string): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Concatenates the path specified to the specified URIs path.

Contrary to the combine func you do not have to worry about the slashes at the beginning and end of the path and URIs path respectively.

See also:

• combine func

Example:

let foo = parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/foo/bar") / "/baz"
assert foo.path == "/foo/bar/baz"
let bar = parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/foo/bar") / "baz"
assert bar.path == "/foo/bar/baz"
let qux = parseUri("https://nim-lang.org/foo/bar/") / "baz"
assert qux.path == "/foo/bar/baz"

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func `?`(u: Uri; query: openArray[(string, string)]): Uri {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Concatenates the query parameters to the specified URI object.

Example:

let foo = parseUri("https://example.com") / "foo" ? {"bar": "qux"}
assert $foo == "https://example.com/foo?bar=qux"

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func `$`(u: Uri): string {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Returns the string representation of the specified URI object.

Example:

let foo = parseUri("https://nim-lang.org")
assert $foo == "https://nim-lang.org"

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