Host Port Split

Split host:port; optional default port.

Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail.

What Host Port Split does

Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail.

This URL is only for Host Port Split (network · host port split). Split host:port; optional default port. Other Network tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Host Port Split alone: Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail.

How to use Host Port Split

  1. Keep this tab on Host Port Split (/network/host-port-split). Pasting into the wrong Network tool (for example Parse URL) changes the job.
  2. Paste or type the input Host Port Split expects. Path hint: network · host port split. Split host:port; optional default port.
  3. Apply the Host Port Split action only. URL Origin is a different transform (Origin plus protocol and host.). Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail.
  4. Copy the output of Host Port Split if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Port 1–65535 when present. Default port optional.
  5. If the text job is actually Split a URL into host, path, query, and more., leave Host Port Split and open Parse URL.

When not to use Host Port Split

Skip Host Port Split when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Parse URL or URL Origin — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail.

Questions about Host Port Split

What does Host Port Split do that other Network pages on this site do not?
Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail. Short version: Split host:port; optional default port.
Does Host Port Split upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
No. Host Port Split runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Port 1–65535 when present. Default port optional.
Should I use Parse URL instead of Host Port Split?
Use Host Port Split when you need Split host:port; optional default port. Use Parse URL when you need Split a URL into host, path, query, and more. They share a category (Network) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Host Port Split?
Port 1–65535 when present. Default port optional. Also: Splits host and optional port, including [ipv6]:port. Optional default port when missing. Unlike Parse URL this is not a full URL parser. Bad ports fail.