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Parse urls with postgres

 select
  alias,
  token
from ts_parse('default', 'https://hashrocket.com/team/brian-dunn')
natural join ts_token_type('default')

  alias   |             token
----------+--------------------------------
 protocol | https://
 url      | hashrocket.com/team/brian-dunn
 host     | hashrocket.com
 url_path | /team/brian-dunn
(4 rows)

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