gistfile1.js

// Parses url string and returns the components in an object
function parseURL (href) {
	if (typeof href != 'string') return {}

	var urlObj = {"href":href}
	urlObj.pathString = href.split('?', 1)[0]
	urlObj.path = urlObj.pathString.split("/")

	if (href.length > 1+urlObj.pathString.length) {
		urlObj.queryString = href.replace(urlObj.pathString+'?', "")
		urlObj.query = {}
		urlObj.queryString.split('&').forEach(function(item) {
			var keyValue = item.split("=")
			urlObj.query[keyValue[0]] = keyValue[1]
		})
	}
	console.log(sys.inspect(urlObj))
	return urlObj
}