Node.js Http2ServerRequest.url Method

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2026

Http2ServerRequest.url is a property of the Http2ServerRequest class that returns the request URL sent by the client. It provides the path and query string from the incoming HTTP/2 request, allowing the server to determine which resource or route was requested.

  • Represents the URL associated with an incoming HTTP/2 request.
  • Contains the request path along with the query string, if one is present.
  • Is automatically populated for every request received by the server.

Syntax:

request.url

Where,

  • request: An instance of Http2ServerRequest.
  • url: Property that returns the URL of the incoming request.

Return Value: This method returns the Request URL string.

Example 1:

JavaScript 
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// Http2ServerRequest.url method

const http2 = require('http2');
const fs = require('fs');

// Private key and public certificate for access
const options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('private-key.pem'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('public-cert.pem'),
};

// Request and response handler
const http2Handlers = (request, response) => {

  // Getting url of http2 
  // by using request.url method
  const auth = request.url;
  console.log( "request url :- " + auth)
};

// Creating and initializing server
// by using http2.createServer() method
const server = http2.createServer(options,http2Handlers);

server.on('stream', (stream, requestheader) => {
  stream.respond({ 
    ':status': 200, 
    'content-type': 'text/plain' 
  });
  stream.write('hello ');

  // Getting all information of this http2stream object
  // by using state method
  const status = stream.state;

  stream.end("priority weight : " + status.weight);

  // Stopping the server
  // by using the close() method
  server.close(() => {
    console.log("server destroyed");
  })
});

server.listen(8000);

// Creating and initializing client
// by using tls.connect() method
const client = http2.connect('http://localhost:8000');

const req = client.request({ 
  ':method': 'GET', ':path': '/name'});

req.on('response', (responsesocket) => {
  console.log("status : " 
  + responsesocket[":status"]);
});

req.on('data', (data) => {
  console.log('Received: %s ',
  data.toString().replace(/(\n)/gm,""));
});

req.on('end', () => {
  client.close(() => {
    console.log("client destroyed");
  })
});

Output:

request url :- /name
status : 200
Received: hello
Received: priority weight : 16
client destroyed
server destroyed

Example 2:

JavaScript 
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// Http2ServerRequest.url method

const http2 = require('http2');
const fs = require('fs');

// Private key and public certificate for access
const options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('private-key.pem'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('public-cert.pem'),
};

// Request and response handler
const http2Handlers = (request, response) => {

  // Getting url of http2 
  // by using request.url method
  const auth = request.url;
  response.end( "request url :- " + auth)
};

// Creating and initializing server
// by using http2.createServer() method
const server = http2.createServer(options,http2Handlers);

server.on('stream', (stream, requestHeaders) => {

  // Getting all information of this http2stream object
  // by using state method
  const status = stream.state;

  stream.end("The sum weight of all Http2Stream : " + 
  status.sumDependencyWeight);
  
  // Stopping the server
  // by using the close() method
  server.close(() => {
    console.log("server destroyed");
  })
});

server.listen(8000);

// Creating and initializing client
// by using tls.connect() method
const client = http2.connect('http://localhost:8000');

const req = client.request({ ':method': 'GET', 
':path': '/www.geeksforgeeks.org' });

req.on('data', (data) => {
  console.log('Received: %s ',
  data.toString().replace(/(\n)/gm,""));
});

req.on('end', () => {
  client.close(() => {
    console.log("client destroyed");
  })
});

Output:

Received: request url :- /www.geeksforgeeks.org
client destroyed
server destroyed

Use Cases of Http2ServerRequest.url Property

  • Routing incoming requests to different endpoints.
  • Accessing query parameters from the request URL.
  • Serving resources based on the requested path.
  • Implementing custom URL-based request handling.

Reference: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v12.x/docs/api/http2.html#http2_request_url

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