A quick way to parse a url using the DOM

parseUrl.js

var parseUrl = function(url) {
    var parser, urlInfo;
    
    parser = document.createElement('a');
    parser.href = url;
    
    urlInfo = {
    	protocol: parser.protocol,
    	hostname: parser.hostname,
    	port: parser.port,
    	pathname: parser.pathname,
    	parsedPathname: parser.pathname.split('/'),
    	search: parser.search,
    	hash: parser.hash,
    	host: parser.host
    };
    
    return urlInfo;
}