Node.js - Path module

The Path module of Node.js offers utilities for working with file and directory paths. Depending on the type of operating system − POSIX or WINDOWS, the methods given in the Path module may yield varying results.

List of Methods

Following is a list of methods available in the Path Module −

Sr.No	Module & Description
1	basename() This function allows you to retrieve last portion of a specified path.
2	delimiter It is a platform-specific property, it represents the delimiter (separator) used to separate the file paths in the environment variable named PATH of the current operating system.
3	dirname() This method is used to retrieve the parent directory for a specified path.
4	extname() Used to get the extension of the given file, based on the last occurrence of the (.) period character in the path.
5	format() This method accepts an object representing a path and returns the given path in the string format.
6	isAbsolute() It will return a Boolean value, which is used to determine whether the given path is absolute or not.
7	join() Used to join all the given string path segments together by using the platform separator.
8	normalize() It is used to normalize the given path.
9	parse() It returns an object whose properties represent significant elements of a path.
10	relative() It is used to retrieve a relative path from one path to another path based on current working directory.
11	resolve() It is used to rectify a series of path segments or paths to an absolute path.
12	toNamespacedPath() It returns an equivalent namespace-prefixed path for the given path.