Parse a URL string using document.createElement('a')

stringToLocation.js

// see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/736513
export const stringToLocation = (str = '') => {
  const anchor = document.createElement('a')
  anchor.href = str

  // fix for relative URLS in IE
  if (!anchor.host) {
    anchor.href = anchor.href
  }

  // fix pathname in IE
  if (!_.startsWith(anchor.pathname, '/')) {
    anchor.pathname = '/' + anchor.pathname
  }

  return _.pick(anchor, 'protocol host hostname port pathname hash search origin'.split(' '))
}