gistfile1.txt

$ node
> var url = require('url');
> var x = 'http://user:passwd@localhost:8080'
> var y = url.parse(x);
> y
{ href: 'http://user:passwd@localhost:8080',
  protocol: 'http:',
  slashes: true,
  host: 'user:passwd@localhost:8080',
  auth: 'user:passwd',
  port: '8080',
  hostname: 'localhost' }