taking off the http or https off a javascript string

Question

I have the following strings

http://example.com
https://example.com
http://www.example.com

how do i get rid of the http:// or

Answer 1

Strip the protocol from a URL:

var url = "https://site.com";
var urlNoProto = url.split('/').slice(2).join('/');

Works with any protocol, ftp, http, gopher, nntp, telnet, wais, file, prospero ... all those specified in RFC 1738 with the exception of those without a // in them (mailto, news).