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
- Keep this tab on Host Port Split (/network/host-port-split). Pasting into the wrong Network tool (for example Parse URL) changes the job.
- Paste or type the input Host Port Split expects. Path hint: network · host port split. Split host:port; optional default port.
- 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.
- Copy the output of Host Port Split if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Port 1–65535 when present. Default port optional.
- 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.