URL Functions

scop.url.changepath(url,newpath)

Changes the path of an URL

returns: string

> = scop.url.changepath('http://lua.org/index.lp','/demo/index.lp')
http://lua.org/demo/index.lp

scop.url.combine(url,path)

Combines a path to a URL

returns: string

> = scop.url.combine('http://lua.org/demo/index.lp','test.lp')
http://lua.org/demo/test.lp

scop.url.crack(url)

Returns the main components of an URL as a table

returns: table

fileext - filename extension (eg: .lp)

filename - filename (eg: index.lp)

host - host name (eg: www.lua.org)

path - location (eg: /demo/index.lp)

port - port number (eg: 80)

proto - protocol (eg: https)

scop.url.decode(s)

Decodes an URL

returns: string

scop.url.encode(s)

Encodes an URL

returns: string

scop.url.encodefull(s)

Full URL Encode

returns: string

> = scop.url.encodefull('/index.lp')
%2F%69%6E%64%65%78%2E%6C%70

scop.url.genfromhost(s,int)

Generates an URL from a hostname and a port

returns: string

> = scop.url.genfromhost('www.lua.org',80)
http://www.lua.org/
> = scop.url.genfromhost('www.lua.org',443)
https://www.lua.org/

scop.url.getfileext(s)

Extracts the extension from an URL filename

returns: string

scop.url.getfileext('http://host/path/index.lp')
.lp

scop.url.getfilename(s)

Extracts the URL filename

returns: string

> = scop.url.getfilename('http://host/path/index.lp')
index.lp