[JS] Extract Hostname From URL STRING

Extract Hostname/Domain from URL (string)

function extractHostname(url) {
    var hostname;
    //find & remove protocol (http, ftp, etc.) and get hostname

    if (url.indexOf("//") > -1) {
        hostname = url.split('/')[2];
    }
    else {
        hostname = url.split('/')[0];
    }

    //find & remove port number
    hostname = hostname.split(':')[0];
    //find & remove "?"
    hostname = hostname.split('?')[0];

    return hostname;
}

//test the code Press F12
console.log("== Testing extractHostname: ==");
console.log(extractHostname("http://www.blog.classroom.me.uk/index.php"));
console.log(extractHostname("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("ftps://ftp.websitename.com/dir/file.txt"));
console.log(extractHostname("websitename.com:1234/dir/file.txt"));
console.log(extractHostname("ftps://websitename.com:1234/dir/file.txt"));
console.log(extractHostname("example.com?param=value"));
console.log(extractHostname("https://facebook.github.io/jest/"));
console.log(extractHostname("//youtube.com/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));
console.log(extractHostname("http://localhost:4200/watch?v=ClkQA2Lb_iE"));

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