Regex to split an url into its parts:

urlSplitterRegex.md

Regex to split an url into its parts:

This regex splits an http or https url into its parts.

^(?:(?:(?:(http[s]?):\/\/)(?:([a-zA-Z0-9]+)?\.)?([^:\/\s\?]+\.+[^:\/\s\?]+))?(?:((?:\/[^\/\s]+)*\/)?(?:([\w\-\.]+[^#?\s]+))?)?(#[^#?\s]+)?(?:\?+([^\.\s$]+)?)?)$

Groups

0. Whole match
1. Protocol
2. Subdomain
3. Domain
4. Path
5. File
6. Anchor id (That #scrollto things)
7. Parameters

Example:

http://sub.domain.de/here/is/the/file.php#home?test=1 will turn to:

1. http
2. sub
3. domain.de
4. /here/is/the/
5. file.php
6. #home
7. test=1

not existent parts will lead to empty groups. Have fun using this :-)