Hey everyone we solved URL parsing in JavaScript!

urlparse.js

var urlparse = (function() {
    var a = document.createElement('a');
    
    // urlparse('https://example.com:8080/bar.html?baz#yay')
    return function(url) { 
        a.href = url;
        return {
            hash: a.hash,         // '#yay'
            host: a.host,         // 'example.com:8080'
            hostname: a.hostname, // 'example.com'
            href: a.href,         // 'https://example.com:8080/'
            pathname: a.pathname, // '/bar.html'
            port: a.port,         // '8080'
            protocol: a.protocol, // 'https:'
            search: a.search      // '?baz'
        };
    };
})();

Monkey-patch it onto String!

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