How to replace path parameter in URL NodeJS

Question

Problem Statement: To replace path parameter in URL before making a call to API in NodeJS(Javascript) based API automation framework.

Given URL: https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/{id}

{id} needs to be replaced with value Sunshine

Expected URL: https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/Sunshine

I have seen certain questions in StackOverflow. But they are more related to replace query_params value but not to replace path_params.

I am trying to do with this approach, but this code does not work.

var href = new URL('https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/{id}');
href.searchParams.set('{id}', 'Sunshine');
console.log(href.toString());

Any help to let me know how to do this would be of great help.

Answer 1

This cannot be done with the URL API, you'll have to do a string replacement instead:

var href = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/{id}'.replace('{id}', 'Sunshine');
console.log(href);