// This function creates a new anchor element and uses location

// properties (inherent) to get the desired URL data. Some String

// operations are used (to normalize results across browsers).

function parseURL(url) {

var a = document.createElement('a');

a.href = url;

return {

source: url,

protocol: a.protocol.replace(':',''),

host: a.hostname,

port: a.port,

query: a.search,

params: (function(){

var ret = {},

seg = a.search.replace(/^\?/,'').split('&'),

len = seg.length, i = 0, s;

for (;i<len;i++) {

if (!seg[i]) { continue; }

s = seg[i].split('=');

ret[s[0]] = s[1];

}

return ret;

})(),

file: (a.pathname.match(/\/([^\/?#]+)$/i) || [,''])[1],

hash: a.hash.replace('#',''),

path: a.pathname.replace(/^([^\/])/,'/$1'),

relative: (a.href.match(/tps?:\/\/[^\/]+(.+)/) || [,''])[1],

segments: a.pathname.replace(/^\//,'').split('/')

};

}