URI Parsing with Javascript/jQuery

highlighting.js

(function($) {
    $(document).ready(function() {
        // Highlight Navigation
        var url = $.parseUrl(document.location);
        $('a').each(function() {
            var link = $.parseUrl(this.href);
            if (link.pathname !== '' && link.pathname === url.pathname) {
                $(this).siblings().removeClass('active');
                $(this).addClass('active');
            }
        });
    });

    // URL Parsing
    $.extend({
        parseUrl: function(url) {
            var parser = document.createElement('a');
            parser.href = url;
            return parser;      
        }
    });
})(jQuery);

uri.js

var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";

parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port;     // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search;   // => "?search=test"
parser.hash;     // => "#hash"
parser.host;     // => "example.com:3000"

// Add to jQuery:
$.extend({
    parseUrl: function(url) {
        var parser = document.createElement('a');
        parser.href = url;
        return parser;		
    }
});

$.parseUrl(url);