I am trying to read a file using WHATWG URL object support here
and I am getting this error: Uncaught TypeError: URL is not a constructor
here is my code:
var fs = require("fs");
const { URL } = require('url');
var dbPath = 'file://192.168.5.2/db/db.sqlite';
const fileUrl = new URL(dbPath);I faced the same issue, then I looked into the url module and found a solution
For Node V6 use,
const URL = require('url').Url;
or
const { Url } = require('url');
If you look into the module, it exports 5 methods one of which is Url, so if you need to access Url, you can use either of the two methods
const URL = require('url').URL
.URL nodejs.org/api/url.html in the various examples.
Are you using Node 6 instead of Node 8?
const url = require('url');
const myUrl = url.parse('http://example.com');
const myUrlString = url.format(myUrl);
https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/url.html#url_url
const { URL } = require('url');
const myUrl = new URL('http://example.com');
const myUrlString = myUrl.toString();
https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/url.html#url_url
semver can be helpful to determine which method to use based upon the node versionURL Class
v10.0.0 | The class is now available on the global object.
As mentioned here: Node.js Documentation - Class: URL
So this should work without require('url'):
const myUrl = new URL('http://example.com');
The docs you took this info out are for the node of version 8.4.0.
If it does not work for you, that means that your node is of version 6.11.2. Then, just change the letter case of URL -
const { Url } = require('url');
const myUrl = new Url('http://example.com');
because url module exports Url, not URL.
