Because many sites generate multiple URLs or URL variants pointing to the same resource, we standardize user-submitted URLs before storing or querying them. This reduces the need for manual merging.
This module also can tag some known URLs according to predefined tags like 'shops' and 'reviews'.
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Methods
(protected, static) _stripFragment(inputURL) → {String}
Generic converter to discard the fragment portion of an input URL. This can be useful for sites where fragments are frequently used and likely to be part of the URL a user copies into the clipboard.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
inputURL |
String | any URL |
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Returns:
URL without fragment
- Type
- String
(protected, static) _stripOpenLibraryTitleSuffix(inputURL) → {String}
Open Library "work" and "edition" URLs contain a human-readable string at the end, derived from the title. This string is optional, and it causes problems matching URLs against each other, so we remove it.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
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inputURL |
String | the Open Library URL |
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Returns:
canonicalized URL
- Type
- String