url.parse parses hostname as protocol when protocol/scheme is absent in hostname:port formatted uRL

[dap]

I've observed that if a URL with port specified, and scheme unspecified, is supplied to url.parse, the hostname is set as protocol, and port as hostname in the result:

$ node 
> var url = require('url');
undefined
> url.parse('localhost:8080/foo/bar');
{ protocol: 'localhost:',
  slashes: null,
  auth: null,
  host: '8080',
  port: null,
  hostname: '8080',
  hash: null,
  search: null,
  query: null,
  pathname: '/foo/bar',
  path: '/foo/bar',
  href: 'localhost:8080/foo/bar' }
> 

I'm unsure of whether this is a bug, but I figured I'd report the behavior. I'm using version v0.12.7, on OS X.

[mscdex]

I believe this is expected behavior as the url module cannot know that there is a missing protocol (because there is no hardcoded protocol list to verify against) and what that missing protocol is supposed to be.

Also, the url module supports urls of the form <protocol>:... like mailto:foo@bar.com and magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:40AE8A90DE40CA3AFA763C8EDB43FC1FC47D75F1, so that is why it's parsed the way you currently see it.

[sam-github]

Expected behaviour, your protocol is localhost:, though you probably didn't intend it that way. Or maybe you do have a protocol called "localhost", who's to tell?

[dap]

Got it. Both of your comments make sense. Thanks.

[ioncreature]

I have caught the same behaviour, quite annoying.

So now I have to check manually - is there protocol in string or not.

Believe it should do url.parse by itself