Parse functions

These functions can be used when parsing email addresses and URL web addresses.

Function	Description
`parse::email::host()`	Parses and returns an email host from an email address
`parse::email::user()`	Parses and returns an email username from an email address
`parse::url::domain()`	Parses and returns the domain from a URL
`parse::url::fragment()`	Parses and returns the fragment from a URL
`parse::url::host()`	Parses and returns the hostname from a URL
`parse::url::path()`	Parses and returns the path from a URL
`parse::url::port()`	Parses and returns the port number from a URL
`parse::url::scheme()`	Parses and returns the scheme from a URL
`parse::url::query()`	Parses and returns the query string from a URL

`parse::email::host`

The parse::email::host function parses and returns an email host from a valid email address.

API DEFINITION

parse::email::host(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::email::host("info@surrealdb.com");

-- 'surrealdb.com'

`parse::email::user`

The parse::email::user function parses and returns an email username from a valid email address.

API DEFINITION

parse::email::user(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::email::user("info@surrealdb.com");

-- "info"

`parse::url::domain`

The parse::url::domain function parses and returns domain from a valid URL. This function is similar to parse::url::host only that it will return null if the URL is an IP address.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::domain(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::domain("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");
RETURN parse::url::domain("http://127.0.0.1/index.html");

Response

"surrealdb.com"

NONE

`parse::url::fragment`

The parse::url::fragment function parses and returns the fragment from a valid URL.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::fragment(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::fragment("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");

-- 'fragment'

`parse::url::host`

The parse::url::host function parses and returns the hostname from a valid URL.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::host(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::host("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");
RETURN parse::url::host("http://127.0.0.1/index.html");

Response

'surrealdb.com'

'127.0.0.1'

`parse::url::path`

The parse::url::path function parses and returns the path from a valid URL.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::path(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::path("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");

-- '/features'

`parse::url::port`

The parse::url::port function parses and returns the port from a valid URL.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::port(string) -> number

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::port("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");

-- 80

`parse::url::scheme`

The parse::url::scheme function parses and returns the scheme from a valid URL, in lowercase, as an ASCII string without the ':' delimiter.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::scheme(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::scheme("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");

-- 'https'

`parse::url::query`

The parse::url::query function parses and returns the query from a valid URL.

API DEFINITION

parse::url::query(string) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN parse::url::query("https://surrealdb.com:80/features?some=option#fragment");

-- 'some=option'