Match Url path without query string

Question

I would like to match a path in a Url, but ignoring the querystring. The regex should include an optional trailing slash before the querystring.

Example urls that should give a valid match:

/path/?a=123&b=123

/path?a=123&b=123

So the string '/path' should match either of the above urls.

I have tried the following regex: (/path[^?]+).*

But this will only match urls like the first example above: /path/?a=123&b=123

Any idea how i would go about getting it to match the second example without the trailing slash as well?

Regex is a requirement.

Answer 1

No need for regexp:

url.split("?")[0];

If you really need it, then try this:

\/path\?*.*

EDIT Actually the most precise regexp should be:

^(\/path)(\/?\?{0}|\/?\?{1}.*)$

because you want to match either /path or /path/ or /path?something or /path/?something and nothing else. Note that ? means "at most one" while \? means a question mark.

BTW: What kind of routing library does not handle query strings?? I suggest using something else.