Can I use require(“path”).join to safely concatenate urls?

Question

Is this safe to use require(\"path\").join to concatenate URLs, for example:

require(\"path\").join(\"http://example.com\", \"ok\"); 
//returns          


        

Answer 1

Axios has a helper function that can combine URLs.

function combineURLs(baseURL, relativeURL) {
  return relativeURL
    ? baseURL.replace(/\/+$/, '') + '/' + relativeURL.replace(/^\/+/, '')
    : baseURL;
}

Source: https://github.com/axios/axios/blob/fe7d09bb08fa1c0e414956b7fc760c80459b0a43/lib/helpers/combineURLs.js