The Node.js url.parse API (https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#urlparseurlstring-parsequerystring-slashesdenotehost)
is deprecated because it's prone to security issues (to the point that Node.js doesn't even publish CVEs for it anymore).
The official reccomendation is to instead use the global URL constructor, available both in Node.js and in browsers.
Node.js filesystem APIs accept URL objects as parameter, so this also avoids a few URL->filepath conversions.