diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
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+'use strict';
+
+module.exports.getDomainInfo = function (apppath) {
+  var parts = apppath.split(/[#%]+/);
+  var hostname = parts.shift();
+  var pathname = parts.join('/').replace(/\/+/g, '/').replace(/^\//, '');
+
+  return {
+    hostname: hostname
+  , pathname: pathname
+  , dirpathname: parts.join('#')
+  , dirname: apppath
+  , isRoot: apppath === hostname
+  };
+};
diff --git a/tests/utils.js b/tests/utils.js
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+'use strict';
+
+var utils = require('../lib/utils');
+
+// TODO priority should be by arbitrarily, large numbers, not specific numbers of #
+[
+  { test: "example.com"
+  , result: { host: "example.com" }
+  }
+, { test: "api.example.com"
+  , result: { host: "api.example.com" }
+  }
+, { test: "api.example.com#"
+  , result: { host: "api.example.com" }
+  }
+, { test: "api.example.com##"
+  , result: { host: "api.example.com" }
+  }
+, { test: "api.example.com###"
+  , result: { host: "api.example.com" }
+  }
+, { test: "example.com#blah"
+  , result: { host: "example.com" }
+  }
+].forEach(function (sample) {
+  console.log(utils.getDomainInfo(sample.test));
+});
diff --git a/var/.gitkeep b/var/.gitkeep
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