How to get the current URL in JavaScript
Find out the ways JavaScript offers you to get the current URL that's opened in the browser
To get the current URL of the page you opened in the browser using JavaScript you can rely on the location property exposed by the browser on the window object:
window.locationSince window is the global object in the browser, the property can be referenced as
locationThis is a Location object which has many properties on its own:
The current page URL is exposed in
location.hrefOther properties of location provide useful information:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
location.hostname | the host name |
location.origin | the origin |
location.hash | the hash, the part that follow the hash # symbol |
location.pathname | the path |
location.port | the port |
location.protocol | the protocol |
location.search | the query string |
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