How to Parse a URL in JavaScript

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Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse:

var parser = document.createElement("a"); parser.href = "http::8000/interests?query=1#bottom";

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts:

parser.protocol; // =>"http:" parser.hostname; // => "howchoo.com" parser.port; // =>"8000" parser.pathname; // => "/interests" parser.search; // => "?query=1" parser.hash; // => "#bottom" parser.host; // => "howchoo.com:8000"

This article expands on this idea to provide a little more functionality.

How to Parse a URL in JavaScript

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Updated: July 22nd, 2020

Sure there are plugins that will do this for you, but here’s a quick and easy way.

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Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse:

var parser = document.createElement("a"); parser.href = "http::8000/interests?query=1#bottom";

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts:

parser.protocol; // =>"http:" parser.hostname; // => "howchoo.com" parser.port; // =>"8000" parser.pathname; // => "/interests" parser.search; // => "?query=1" parser.hash; // => "#bottom" parser.host; // => "howchoo.com:8000"

This article expands on this idea to provide a little more functionality.

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How to Parse a URL in JavaScript

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Sure there are plugins that will do this for you, but here’s a quick and easy way.

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Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse:

var parser = document.createElement("a"); parser.href = "http::8000/interests?query=1#bottom";

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts:

parser.protocol; // =>"http:" parser.hostname; // => "howchoo.com" parser.port; // =>"8000" parser.pathname; // => "/interests" parser.search; // => "?query=1" parser.hash; // => "#bottom" parser.host; // => "howchoo.com:8000"

This article expands on this idea to provide a little more functionality.

How to Parse a URL in JavaScript

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Updated: July 22nd, 2020

Sure there are plugins that will do this for you, but here’s a quick and easy way.

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Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse:

var parser = document.createElement("a"); parser.href = "http::8000/interests?query=1#bottom";

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts:

parser.protocol; // =>"http:" parser.hostname; // => "howchoo.com" parser.port; // =>"8000" parser.pathname; // => "/interests" parser.search; // => "?query=1" parser.hash; // => "#bottom" parser.host; // => "howchoo.com:8000"

This article expands on this idea to provide a little more functionality.

Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse:

var parser = document.createElement("a"); parser.href = "http::8000/interests?query=1#bottom";

Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse:

var parser = document.createElement("a"); parser.href = "http::8000/interests?query=1#bottom";

Create an “a” tag and set the href to the URL you want to parse

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts:

parser.protocol; // =>"http:" parser.hostname; // => "howchoo.com" parser.port; // =>"8000" parser.pathname; // => "/interests" parser.search; // => "?query=1" parser.hash; // => "#bottom" parser.host; // => "howchoo.com:8000"

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts:

parser.protocol; // =>"http:" parser.hostname; // => "howchoo.com" parser.port; // =>"8000" parser.pathname; // => "/interests" parser.search; // => "?query=1" parser.hash; // => "#bottom" parser.host; // => "howchoo.com:8000"

Now use the parser object to get the URL parts

This article expands on this idea to provide a little more functionality.

This article expands on this idea to provide a little more functionality.

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