function parse_URL(url) {  
        var a = document.createElement('a');  
        a.href = url;  
        return {  
            source: url,  
            protocol: a.protocol.replace(':', ''),  
            host: a.hostname,  
            port: a.port,  
            query: a.search,  
            params: (function () {  
                var ret = {},  
                    seg = a.search.replace(/^\?/, '').split('&'),  
                    len = seg.length,  
                    i = 0,  
                    s;  
                for (; i < len; i++) {  
                    if (!seg[i]) {  
                        continue;  
                    }  
                    s = seg[i].split('=');  
                    ret[s[0]] = s[1];  
                }  
                return ret;  
            })(),  
            file: (a.pathname.match(/\/([^\/?#]+)$/i) || [, ''])[1],  
            hash: a.hash.replace('#', ''),  
            path: a.pathname.replace(/^([^\/])/, '/$1'),  
            relative: (a.href.match(/tps?:\/\/[^\/]+(.+)/) || [, ''])[1],  
            segments: a.pathname.replace(/^\//, '').split('/')  
        };  
    }  
      
    console.log(parse_URL('https://github.com/pubnub/python/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=python'));