A collection of JavaSscript functions to parse out URLs into distinct data points.

URLParser.js

// URL Here:
var sampleURL = "http://domain.com/#order/food=chicken/drink=coke";

// Function to parse the URL
function parseURL(inputURL) {


  /**
    Strategy: 
    
    1. remove the base URL, since we don't need it.
    2. Grab the rest and split on slashes.
    3. The first part is the "command" ('#order')
    4. The rest are key value pairs.
    
  */
  
  // 1.
  var query = queryFromURL(inputURL);

  // 2. 
  var action = actionFromQueryString(query);
  
  // 3. 
  var parameters = parametersFromQueryString(queryString);
  
  /* Do what you'd like. */
  
  
  console.log("Query: " + query);
  console.log("Action: " + action);
  console.log("Parameters: " + parameters);
  
}

// Remove the base URL and return a query string
function queryFromURL(inputURL) {
  
  /** Pull out the matching portion of the string,
      matching the regular expression.
   */
  
  var regex = RegExp(/((http(s)*(:\/\/)){1})([0-z]+)((\.+)([a-z]{2,3}))+(\/)*/g);
  var output = inputURL.replace(regex, "");
  
  return output;
}

// Get the action from the query string
function actionFromQueryString(queryString) {
  var components = componentsFromQueryString(queryString);
  var first = components[0];
  return first;
}

// Get the components from a query string
function componentsFromQueryString(queryString) {
  var components = queryString.split('/');
  
  return components;
}

// Get the pairs after the action
function parametersFromQueryString(queryString) {
 
  var components = componentsFromQueryString(queryString);
  var pairs = components.slice(1, components.length-1);

  var parameters = {};
  
  // Now convert the pairs into the paramaters
  // NOTE: Assume proper encoding. 
  // Won't handle missing values or whatever.
  for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
    var partsOfPair = pair.split('=');
    var key = partsOfPair[0];
    var value = partsOfPair[1];
    
    parameters[key] = value;
  }
  
  return pairs;
}

parseURL(sampleURL);