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ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME

An attempt was made to use a URL of an incompatible scheme (protocol) for a specific purpose. It is only used in the WHATWG URL API support in the fs module (which only accepts URLs with 'file' scheme), but may be used in other Node.js APIs as well in the future.

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The error message

Node.js documentation lists the code ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME without the printed message text.

Details

Category
Node.js error codes
Severity
error
Runtime
node

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Source: Node.js documentation. Data fetched 2026-09-25T01:43:12.379Z.