parse-url.js

// You want to parse this address into parts:
var url = 'http://tutorialzine.com/books/jquery-trickshots?trick=12#comments';
// The trick; create a new link with the url as its href:
var a = $('<a>',{ href: url });
console.log('Host name: ' + a.prop('hostname'));
console.log('Path: ' + a.prop('pathname'));
console.log('Query: ' + a.prop('search'));
console.log('Protocol: ' + a.prop('protocol'));
console.log('Hash: ' + a.prop('hash'));