Host.js

Get some information about the host.

Install

 bower install host.js

$host

Host.js exposes an object called $host that contains some methods. You can see the methods available through the options method.

$host.url()

Assuming that we are in www.example.com

without parameter it get the URL

 $host.url();
/* http://example.com */

with parameter it navigates to another address

 $host.url("http://foo.com");

or

 $host.url("/foo");

$host.protocol()

Get the protocol being used

 $host.protocol();

or set the protocol

 $host.protocol("https");

$host.params()

Get the parameters passed

 $host.params();
 /* http://example.com?foo=foo&bar='bar' */

Will return a object like this:

 { foo: 'foo', bar: 'bar' }

or set the params

 $host.params({ name: 'John' });
 /* http://example.com?name=John */

$host.reloadPage()

Reload the page

  $host.reload();

$host.hash()

Get the URL hash

 $host.hash();
 /* http://example.com#foo*/

Will return a string like this:

  "#foo"

or set the hash

  $host.hash("#bar");
  /* http://example.com#bar*/

$host.options()

Shows the options

 $host.options();

Will return something like this

url() protocol() hash() addHash() params() reloadPage() options()