feature(parser): fixing .parseHost() to not interpret colon in path as IPv6 hostname - closing #190

Author: rodneyrehm

README.md

@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ URI.js is published under the [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/m
 ### master / development ###
 
 * fixing inclusion of LICENSE in packages - ([Issue #174](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/issues/174))
-* Adding meta data for [SPM](http://www.spmjs.io/) package manager - ([Issue #176](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/issues/176))
+* fixing [`URI.parseHost()`](http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/docs.html#static-parseHost) to interpret colon in path as IPv6 hostname - ([Issue #190](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/issues/190))
+* adding meta data for [SPM](http://www.spmjs.io/) package manager - ([Issue #176](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/issues/176))
 * adding license meta to `bower.json`
 
 ### 1.14.1 (October 1st 2014) ###

src/URI.js

@@ -462,15 +462,20 @@
       if (parts.port === '/') {
         parts.port = null;
       }
-    } else if (string.indexOf(':') !== string.lastIndexOf(':')) {
-      // IPv6 host contains multiple colons - but no port
-      // this notation is actually not allowed by RFC 3986, but we're a liberal parser
-      parts.hostname = string.substring(0, pos) || null;
-      parts.port = null;
     } else {
-      t = string.substring(0, pos).split(':');
-      parts.hostname = t[0] || null;
-      parts.port = t[1] || null;
+      var firstColon = string.indexOf(':');
+      var firstSlash = string.indexOf('/');
+      var nextColon = string.indexOf(':', firstColon + 1);
+      if (nextColon !== -1 && (firstSlash === -1 || nextColon < firstSlash)) {
+        // IPv6 host contains multiple colons - but no port
+        // this notation is actually not allowed by RFC 3986, but we're a liberal parser
+        parts.hostname = string.substring(0, pos) || null;
+        parts.port = null;
+      } else {
+        t = string.substring(0, pos).split(':');
+        parts.hostname = t[0] || null;
+        parts.port = t[1] || null;
+      }
     }
 
     if (parts.hostname && string.substring(pos).charAt(0) !== '/') {

test/urls.js

@@ -1705,6 +1705,53 @@ var urls = [{
       idn: false,
       punycode: false
     }
-  }
+  }, {
+      name: 'colon in path',
+      url: 'http://www.example.org:8080/hello:world',
+      parts: {
+        protocol: 'http',
+        username: null,
+        password: null,
+        hostname: 'www.example.org',
+        port: '8080',
+        path: '/hello:world',
+        query: null,
+        fragment: null
+      },
+      accessors: {
+        protocol: 'http',
+        username: '',
+        password: '',
+        port: '8080',
+        path: '/hello:world',
+        query: '',
+        fragment: '',
+        resource: '/hello:world',
+        authority: 'www.example.org:8080',
+        userinfo: '',
+        subdomain: 'www',
+        domain: 'example.org',
+        tld: 'org',
+        directory: '/',
+        filename: 'hello:world',
+        suffix: '',
+        hash: '', // location.hash style
+        search: '', // location.search style
+        host: 'www.example.org:8080',
+        hostname: 'www.example.org'
+      },
+      is: {
+        urn: false,
+        url: true,
+        relative: false,
+        name: true,
+        sld: false,
+        ip: false,
+        ip4: false,
+        ip6: false,
+        idn: false,
+        punycode: false
+      }
+    }
 ];