Extract the domain name from a URL

Write a function that when given a URL as a string, parses out just the domain name and returns it as a string. For example:

domain_name("http://github.com/carbonfive/raygun") == "github" 
domain_name("http://www.zombie-bites.com") == "zombie-bites"
domain_name("https://www.cnet.com") == "cnet"

domain_name("http://github.com/carbonfive/raygun") == "github" 
domain_name("http://www.zombie-bites.com") == "zombie-bites"
domain_name("https://www.cnet.com") == "cnet"

domainName("http://github.com/carbonfive/raygun") == "github" 
domainName("http://www.zombie-bites.com") == "zombie-bites"
domainName("https://www.cnet.com") == "cnet"

Solution

import re
def domain_name(url):
    return re.sub('https?://|www\.', '', url).split('.', 1)[0]