diff --git a/__tests__/discovery.test.ts b/__tests__/discovery.test.ts
index 56a19f8..a3e0495 100644
--- a/__tests__/discovery.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/discovery.test.ts
@@ -100,11 +100,15 @@ describe("discovery", () => {
     const ex_disc = external("clever.com");
     assert.equal(ex_disc.url(), "https://clever.com:443");
     assert.equal(ex_disc.proto_host(), "https://clever.com");
+    assert.equal(ex_disc.host(), "clever.com");
+    assert.equal(ex_disc.host_port(), "clever.com:443");
   });
   it("test complex external url", () => {
     const ex_disc = external("api.clever.com");
     assert.equal(ex_disc.url(), "https://api.clever.com:443");
     assert.equal(ex_disc.proto_host(), "https://api.clever.com");
+    assert.equal(ex_disc.host(), "api.clever.com");
+    assert.equal(ex_disc.host_port(), "api.clever.com:443");
   });
   return it("test expect error on missing two vars", () => {
     const disc = discovery("missing-proto-and-host", "foobar");
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index d67d9a8..6ee3715 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,20 @@ const discovery = (service_name: string, interface_name: string) => ({
 });
 
 const external = (input_url: string) => ({
+  host() {
+    return trimSuffix(trimPrefix(this.url(), "https://"), ":443");
+  },
+
   url() {
     return get_var(template_external_url(input_url));
   },
 
+  host_port() {
+    return trimPrefix(this.url(), "https://");
+  },
+
   proto_host() {
-    return trimSuffix(get_var(template_external_url(input_url)), ":443");
+    return trimSuffix(this.url(), ":443");
   },
 });
 
@@ -62,3 +70,10 @@ function trimSuffix(str: string, suffix: string) {
   }
   return str;
 }
+
+function trimPrefix(str: string, prefix: string) {
+  if (str.startsWith(prefix)) {
+    return str.slice(prefix.length);
+  }
+  return str;
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 11db346..71f9ef7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "clever-discovery",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "clever-discovery",
-      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "version": "1.2.2",
       "license": "ISC",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@eslint/js": "^9.9.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 88ecccb..bc6d2db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "clever-discovery",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "description": "Node client library for service discovery",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",