added: v7.6.0

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> Stability: 1 - Experimental

* `URL` {URL} A [WHATWG URL][] object

* `options` {Object}

* `auth` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the

// Prints 'https://你好你好?abc'

```

*Note*: This variation of the `url.format()` method is currently considered to

be experimental.

## url.parse(urlString[, parseQueryString[, slashesDenoteHost]])

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added: v0.1.25

added: v7.0.0

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> Stability: 1 - Experimental

The `url` module provides an *experimental* implementation of the

[WHATWG URL Standard][] as an alternative to the existing `url.parse()` API.

The `url` module provides an implementation of the [WHATWG URL Standard][] as

an alternative to the existing `url.parse()` API.

```js

const URL = require('url').URL;