url()

A simple, lightweight url parser for JavaScript (~1.6 Kb minified, ~0.6Kb gzipped).

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Notes

For path(1) and path(-1) will always act as if the path is in the form /some/path/ regardless of whether the original path was /some/path or /some/path/.

Examples

http://rob:abcd1234@www.example.com/path/index.html?query1=test&silly=willy#test=hash&chucky=cheese

url();            // http://rob:abcd1234@www.example.com/path/index.html?query1=test&silly=willy#test=hash&chucky=cheese
url('domain');    // example.com
url('hostname');  // www.example.com
url('sub');       // www
url('.0')         // (an empty string)
url('.1')         // www
url('.2')         // example
url('.-1')        // com
url('auth')       // rob:abcd1234
url('user')       // rob
url('pass')       // abcd1234
url('port');      // 80
url('protocol');  // http
url('path');      // /path/index.html
url('file');      // index.html
url('filename');  // index
url('fileext');   // html
url('1');         // path
url('2');         // index.html
url('3');         // (an empty string)
url('-1');        // index.html
url(1);           // path
url(2);           // index.html
url(-1);          // index.html
url('?');         // query1=test&silly=willy
url('?silly');    // willy
url('?poo');      // null
url('#');         // test=hash&chucky=cheese
url('#chucky');   // cheese
url('#poo');      // null

We can also pass a url in and use all the same options on it:

url('domain', 'test.www.example.com/path/here');            // example.com
url('hostname', 'test.www.example.com/path/here');          // test.www.example.com
url('sub', 'test.www.example.com/path/here');               // test.www
url('protocol', 'www.example.com/path/here');               // http
url('path', 'http://www.example.com:8080/some/path');       // /some/path
url('port', 'http://www.example.com:8080/some/path');       // 8080
url('protocol', 'https://www.example.com:8080/some/path');  // https
etc...

jQuery

Also include is a jQuery version of the plugin that can be called via $.url() with all the same options. If you're already using jQuery it may be better to use the jQuery version to avoid namespacing issues.

Grunt.js

If you want to use Grunt you will need to install the required plugins locally using npm install in the root folder of your project. If you need to setup Grunt on your system you can follow my Setting up Grunt.js guide.

Resources

• More jQuery plugins by Websanova
• Websanova JavaScript Extensions Project
• jQuery Plugin Development Boilerplate
• The Ultimate Guide to Writing jQuery Plugins

License

MIT licensed

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Websanova http://www.websanova.com