Extract Hostname/Domain from URL (string)



function extractHostname(url) {
var hostname;
//find & remove protocol (http, ftp, etc.) and get hostname

if (url.indexOf("//") > -1) {
hostname = url.split('/')[2];
}
else {
hostname = url.split('/')[0];
}

//find & remove port number
hostname = hostname.split(':')[0];
//find & remove "?"
hostname = hostname.split('?')[0];

return hostname;
}

//test the code Press F12
console.log("== Testing extractHostname: ==");
console.log(extractHostname("http://www.blog.classroom.me.uk/index.php"));
console.log(extractHostname("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("ftps://ftp.websitename.com/dir/file.txt"));
console.log(extractHostname("websitename.com:1234/dir/file.txt"));
console.log(extractHostname("ftps://websitename.com:1234/dir/file.txt"));
console.log(extractHostname("example.com?param=value"));
console.log(extractHostname("https://facebook.github.io/jest/"));
console.log(extractHostname("//youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("http://localhost:4200/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));