Trim slashes at the beginning and the end of a string

Remove leading and trailing forward slashes.

JavaScript Version 1.0.0 · MIT · .md

function trimSlashes(text) { return text.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, ''); }

Input & expected output

"/v1/send/"

"v1/send"

The edge case

"///"

""

Know the limits

• Inner slashes are kept.

The function above is the implementation used by the lab. The lab validates JSON types and caps size before execution; include equivalent validation when accepting untrusted input in your application.

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