JAVASCRIPT

get current url host name in javascript

// If URL is http://www.somedomain.com/account/search?filter=a#top

window.location.pathname // /account/search

// For reference:

window.location.host     // www.somedomain.com (includes port if there is one)
window.location.hostname // www.somedomain.com
window.location.hash     // #top
window.location.href     // http://www.somedomain.com/account/search?filter=a#top
window.location.port     // (empty string)
window.location.protocol // http:
window.location.search   // ?filter=a

javascript get hostname from current url

var host = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host;

js get hostname from url

url = "http://www.example.com/path/to/somwhere";
urlParts = /^(?:w+://)?([^/]+)([^?]*)??(.*)$/.exec(url);
hostname = urlParts[1]; // www.example.com
path = urlParts[2]; // /path/to/somwhere