Get file name from URL using Lua

Question

How do I get the file name from a URL using Lua string manipulations.

I have this url

https://thisisarandomsite.com/some_dir/src/blah/blah/7fd34a0945b036685bbd6cc2583a5c30.jpg

And I want to get the 7fd34a0945b036685bbd6cc2583a5c30.jpg, it can be a random site so the site name is not static.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '13 at 02:14

13

Try this:

local str = "https://thisisarandomsite.com/some_dir/src/blah/blah/7fd34a0945b036685bbd6cc2583a5c30.jpg"
local name = str:match( "([^/]+)$" )

You can customise the match pattern from this guide.

answered Aug 16 '13 at 02:14

hjpotter92

5

This pattern may be slightly simpler to understand: `".+/(.*)$"`. – lhf Aug 16 '13 at 02:55

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