Name

getHost — Return the host extracted from a URL

Usage

URL.getHost(url)

url : String

Description

Returns the host part extracted from url. This function supports both absolute and relative URLs. Returns the empty string if url doesn’t specify a host.

Returns invalid if url can’t be converted to a string or can’t be parsed as a URL.

Examples

URL.getHost("http://www.inhand.net/")

returns string "www.inhand.net" 

URL.getHost("../logo.wbmp")

returns string "" 

URL.getHost("http://www.inhand.net:xxx/")

returns invalid 

URL.getHost(invalid)

returns invalid

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