url.hostname

This function returns the hostname for the URL, removing any valid port number if present. If the input is enclosed in square brackets, as literal IPv6 addresses are, the square brackets are removed from the output.

Syntax

url.hostname(rawURLString)

Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
rawURLString	string	Raw URL string

Returns

Type	Description
string	The hostname of the rawURLString

Examples

The function url.hostname("https://example.com:8080/root-path/sub-path?query=example+query+%2F+question#fragment") returns example.com.