How can I get file extensions with JavaScript?

Question

See code:

var file1 = \"50.xsl\";
var file2 = \"30.doc\";
getFileExtension(file1); //returns xsl
getFileExtension(file2); //returns doc

function getFileExt         


        

Answer 1

There's also a simple approach using ES6 destructuring:

const path = 'hello.world.txt'
const [extension, ...nameParts] = path.split('.').reverse();
console.log('extension:', extension);

Answer 2

// 获取文件后缀名
function getFileExtension(file) {
  var regexp = /\.([0-9a-z]+)(?:[\?#]|$)/i;
  var extension = file.match(regexp);
  return extension && extension[1];
}

console.log(getFileExtension("https://www.example.com:8080/path/name/foo"));
console.log(getFileExtension("https://www.example.com:8080/path/name/foo.BAR"));
console.log(getFileExtension("https://www.example.com:8080/path/name/.quz/foo.bar?key=value#fragment"));
console.log(getFileExtension("https://www.example.com:8080/path/name/.quz.bar?key=value#fragment"));

Answer 3

A one line solution that will also account for query params and any characters in url.

string.match(/(.*)\??/i).shift().replace(/\?.*/, '').split('.').pop()

// Example
// some.url.com/with.in/&ot.s/files/file.jpg?spec=1&.ext=jpg
// jpg

Answer 4

Try this:

function getFileExtension(filename) {
  var fileinput = document.getElementById(filename);
  if (!fileinput)
    return "";
  var filename = fileinput.value;
  if (filename.length == 0)
    return "";
  var dot = filename.lastIndexOf(".");
  if (dot == -1)
    return "";
  var extension = filename.substr(dot, filename.length);
  return extension;
}

Answer 5

I'm sure someone can, and will, minify and/or optimize my code in the future. But, as of right now, I am 200% confident that my code works in every unique situation (e.g. with just the file name only, with relative, root-relative, and absolute URL's, with fragment # tags, with query ? strings, and whatever else you may decide to throw at it), flawlessly, and with pin-point precision.

For proof, visit: https://projects.jamesandersonjr.com/web/js_projects/get_file_extension_test.php

Here's the JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/JamesAndersonJr/ffcdd5z3/

Not to be overconfident, or blowing my own trumpet, but I haven't seen any block of code for this task (finding the 'correct' file extension, amidst a battery of different function input arguments) that works as well as this does.

Note: By design, if a file extension doesn't exist for the given input string, it simply returns a blank string "", not an error, nor an error message.

It takes two arguments:

• String: fileNameOrURL (self-explanatory)

• Boolean: showUnixDotFiles (Whether or Not to show files that begin with a dot ".")

Note (2): If you like my code, be sure to add it to your js library's, and/or repo's, because I worked hard on perfecting it, and it would be a shame to go to waste. So, without further ado, here it is:

function getFileExtension(fileNameOrURL, showUnixDotFiles)
    {
        /* First, let's declare some preliminary variables we'll need later on. */
        var fileName;
        var fileExt;
        
        /* Now we'll create a hidden anchor ('a') element (Note: No need to append this element to the document). */
        var hiddenLink = document.createElement('a');
        
        /* Just for fun, we'll add a CSS attribute of [ style.display = "none" ]. Remember: You can never be too sure! */
        hiddenLink.style.display = "none";
        
        /* Set the 'href' attribute of the hidden link we just created, to the 'fileNameOrURL' argument received by this function. */
        hiddenLink.setAttribute('href', fileNameOrURL);
        
        /* Now, let's take advantage of the browser's built-in parser, to remove elements from the original 'fileNameOrURL' argument received by this function, without actually modifying our newly created hidden 'anchor' element.*/ 
        fileNameOrURL = fileNameOrURL.replace(hiddenLink.protocol, ""); /* First, let's strip out the protocol, if there is one. */
        fileNameOrURL = fileNameOrURL.replace(hiddenLink.hostname, ""); /* Now, we'll strip out the host-name (i.e. domain-name) if there is one. */
        fileNameOrURL = fileNameOrURL.replace(":" + hiddenLink.port, ""); /* Now finally, we'll strip out the port number, if there is one (Kinda overkill though ;-)). */  
        
        /* Now, we're ready to finish processing the 'fileNameOrURL' variable by removing unnecessary parts, to isolate the file name. */
        
        /* Operations for working with [relative, root-relative, and absolute] URL's ONLY [BEGIN] */ 
        
        /* Break the possible URL at the [ '?' ] and take first part, to shave of the entire query string ( everything after the '?'), if it exist. */
        fileNameOrURL = fileNameOrURL.split('?')[0];

        /* Sometimes URL's don't have query's, but DO have a fragment [ # ](i.e 'reference anchor'), so we should also do the same for the fragment tag [ # ]. */
        fileNameOrURL = fileNameOrURL.split('#')[0];

        /* Now that we have just the URL 'ALONE', Let's remove everything to the last slash in URL, to isolate the file name. */
        fileNameOrURL = fileNameOrURL.substr(1 + fileNameOrURL.lastIndexOf("/"));

        /* Operations for working with [relative, root-relative, and absolute] URL's ONLY [END] */ 

        /* Now, 'fileNameOrURL' should just be 'fileName' */
        fileName = fileNameOrURL;
        
        /* Now, we check if we should show UNIX dot-files, or not. This should be either 'true' or 'false'. */  
        if ( showUnixDotFiles == false )
            {
                /* If not ('false'), we should check if the filename starts with a period (indicating it's a UNIX dot-file). */
                if ( fileName.startsWith(".") )
                    {
                        /* If so, we return a blank string to the function caller. Our job here, is done! */
                        return "";
                    };
            };
        
        /* Now, let's get everything after the period in the filename (i.e. the correct 'file extension'). */
        fileExt = fileName.substr(1 + fileName.lastIndexOf("."));

        /* Now that we've discovered the correct file extension, let's return it to the function caller. */
        return fileExt;
    };

Enjoy! You're Quite Welcome!:

Answer 6

I just realized that it's not enough to put a comment on p4bl0's answer, though Tom's answer clearly solves the problem:

return filename.replace(/^.*?\.([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$/, "$1");