Change path separator using path module

Question

Change path separator using path module

Here is my code:

var thisImageName = thisRow["imagename"];
var thisImagePath = path.relative("./public", __dirname + "/public/uploads/" + thisImageName + ".jpg");
console.log(thisImagePath); // returns __dirname\public\uploads\
img.src = thisImagePath.split(path.sep).join("/");

To get the appropriate image path, I have to split by the path separator and then join the array with the appropriate slash. Does anyone know of a more efficient way of doing this?

node.js
path

Answer 1

John's answer will only replace the first instance of a '\'

img.src = thisImagePath.replace(new RegExp('\\' + path.sep, 'g'), '/');

Would replace all of them.

You can pass the 'g' flag to .replace but this non-standard.

Answer 2

How about:

img.src = thisImagePath.replace(path.sep, '/');