subdomain() doesn't parse localhost subdomains properly

[sebastian-zarzycki-apzumi]

subdomain("http://my-subdomain.localhost") -> empty domain("http://my-subdomain.localhost") -> my-subdomain.localhost

[rodneyrehm]

I see how this can be confusing… .localhost is considered the TLD (Top Level Domain, e.g. .com), which makes my-subdomain.localhost the domain, and there is no subdomain.

here's the origin of that: https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/blob/gh-pages/src/URI.js#L1529-L1533

[sebastian-zarzycki-apzumi]

I see. Well, in my mind, in x.localhost, x is always considred to be a subdomain and localhost is domain. I have no earthly idea if it is correct with the general understanding of how domains work for internet addresses. Do you think you could implement a workaround for localhosts in particular? If need be, maybe driven by some additional parameter passed to subdomain()?

[rodneyrehm]

PRs welcome ;)

If you're interested in tackling this allow me to give a few pointers:

• the change needs to be backward compatible
• the change may not change a function's signature to diverge from how other function signatures look
• the change needs to be configurable, as the next person may need the same for lolcat (because they were bored by localhost or something - what do I know, humans and domains - funny business ;))

So I'd probably add something like URI.forceDomains = [ 'localhost' ] and then make .tld() and .domain() work with that. that would solve the second and third point. In order to solve the first point we'd consider URI.forceDomains = [] the default config.