url.parse()

url.parse(urlStr[, parseQueryString][, slashesDenoteHost])

Take a URL string, and return an object.

Pass true as the second argument to also parse the query string using the querystring module. If true then the query property will always be assigned an object, and the search property will always be a (possibly empty) string. If false then the query property will not be parsed or decoded. Defaults to false.

Pass true as the third argument to treat //foo/bar as { host: 'foo', pathname: '/bar' } rather than { pathname: '//foo/bar' }. Defaults to false.