Java - URL getPath() Method with Examples

Description

The Java URL getPath() method returns the path part of this URL.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.net.URL.getPath() method

public String getPath()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

the path part of this URL, or an empty string if one does not exist.

Exception

NA

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getPath() method for a valid url with https protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getPath() method, we're getting the path and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https","www.tutorialspoint.com","/index.htm");
         String path = url.getPath();
         System.out.println(path);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

/index.htm

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getPath() method for a valid url with query parameters. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getPath() method, we're getting the path and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm?language=en#j2se");
         String path = url.getPath();
         System.out.println(path);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

/index.htm

Example 3

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getPath() method for a valid url with file protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getPath() method, we're getting the path and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("file","www.tutorialspoint.com","/index.htm");
         String path = url.getPath();
         System.out.println(path);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

/index.htm