# url-parse-lax [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/url-parse-lax.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/url-parse-lax) > [`url.parse()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/url.html#url_url_parse_urlstr_parsequerystring_slashesdenotehost) with support for protocol-less URLs & IPs ## Install ``` $ npm install --save url-parse-lax ``` ## Usage ```js var urlParseLax = require('url-parse-lax'); urlParseLax('sindresorhus.com'); /* { protocol: null, slashes: true, auth: null, host: 'sindresorhus.com', port: null, hostname: 'sindresorhus.com', hash: null, search: null, query: null, pathname: '/', path: '/', href: 'http://sindresorhus.com/' } */ urlParseLax('[2001:db8::]:8000'); /* { protocol: null, slashes: true, auth: null, host: '[2001:db8::]:8000', port: '8000', hostname: '2001:db8::', hash: null, search: null, query: null, pathname: '/', path: '/', href: 'http://[2001:db8::]:8000/' } */ ``` And with the built-in `url.parse()`: ```js var url = require('url'); url.parse('sindresorhus.com'); /* { protocol: null, slashes: null, auth: null, host: null, port: null, hostname: null, hash: null, search: null, query: null, pathname: 'sindresorhus', path: 'sindresorhus', href: 'sindresorhus' } */ url.parse('[2001:db8::]:8000'); /* { protocol: null, slashes: null, auth: null, host: null, port: null, hostname: null, hash: null, search: null, query: null, pathname: '[2001:db8::]:8000', path: '[2001:db8::]:8000', href: '[2001:db8::]:8000' } */ ``` ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)