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Date Published
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Yagiz Nizipli, James M Snell, Daniel Lemire (Guest author)
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1244
Language
English
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Summary

The URLPattern API is a standard published by the WHATWG that provides a pattern-matching system for URLs, allowing developers to easily handle route matching with built-in support for named parameters, wildcards, and complex pattern matching. Cloudflare has contributed an implementation of the URLPattern API to Node.js, making it available starting with version 23.8.0, and unifying it with Ada URL, which powers URL handling in both Node.js and Cloudflare Workers. This contribution marks an important step toward bringing this API to the broader JavaScript ecosystem and ensures consistent features across JavaScript runtimes. The implementation is optimized for performance and provides a simple API that allows developers to easily match URLs against patterns. With its support for server-side and non-browser environments, URLPattern simplifies the ecosystem by reducing fragmentation while improving developer experience and creating a better Internet.