Regex to match URL path

Question

Did some searching on stack but couldn't find the answer to my question...

I'm looking for a regex string that extracts the following url's for my hotjar experiment. I'm not sure how i get it to work.

/vacatures
/vacatures/
/vacatures/bouw/
/vacatures/installatietechniek/

but NOT

/vacatures/bouw/everything-that-comes-after-the-third-slash

Can you guys help me out?

Many Thanks!

Not sure why this question is closed with that particular reason, because the linked question does not address OP's question at all. — Terry, Sep 04 '20 at 14:15
That looks like part of URL, do you want to extract strings starting with `/vacatures` in URL? — Ankit, Sep 04 '20 at 14:29

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '20 at 14:13

You don't need regex to do that: you just need to split by / and then filter out empty elements from the array. When the array contains 3 or more items you know that it contained three slashes:

const urls = [
  '/vacatures', // accept
  '/vacatures/', // accept
  '/vacatures/bouw/', // accept
  '/vacatures/installatietechniek/', //accept
  '/vacatures/bouw/everything-that-comes-after-the-third-slash', // reject
  '/vacatures/bouw/everything-that-comes-after-the-third-slash/' // reject
];

function check(url) {
  const parts = url.split('/').filter(x => !!x);
  if (parts.length > 2) {
    console.log(url, 'REJECT');
  } else {
    console.log(url, 'ACCEPT');
  }
}

urls.forEach(check);

I think i need some more help, but first let me clarify why I need to do this: I would like to fire a certain hotjar expiriment that matches a regex equalling the pages in my first post! — Thijs, Sep 04 '20 at 14:17

Regex to match URL path

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