URL processing

How do I parse a URL into hostname and path in javascript?Stack Overflow

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

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

browser compatibility: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils/hostname