How to parse a URL?

Question

If there is one thing I just cant get my head around, it\'s regex.

So after a lot of searching I finally found this one that suits my needs:

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Answer 1

There is a nice jQuery plugin for parsing URLs: Purl.

All the regex stuff is hidden inside, and you get something like:

> url = $.url("http://markdown.com/awesome/language/markdown.html?show=all#top");

> url.attr('source');
"http://markdown.com/awesome/language/markdown.html?show=all#top"

> url.attr('protocol');
"http"

> url.attr('host');
"markdown.com"

> url.attr('relative');
"/awesome/language/markdown.html?show=all#top"

> url.attr('path');
"/awesome/language/markdown.html"

> url.attr('directory');
"/awesome/language/"

> url.attr('file');
"markdown.html"

> url.attr('query');
"show=all"

> url.attr('fragment');
"top"