How to Retrieve the Current URL in JavaScript
Discover the different methods JavaScript offers to obtain the current URL that is open in the web browser.
To retrieve the current URL of the opened page using JavaScript, you can utilize the location property provided by the browser on the window object.
1 | window.location |
As window is the global object in the browser, you can reference the property as
1 | location |
This property returns a Location object that contains various properties of its own:
The current page URL can be accessed through
1 | location.href |
Additionally, the location object provides other useful information:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
location.hostname |
returns the hostname |
location.origin |
returns the origin URL |
location.hash |
returns the URL fragment identifier (the part after the # symbol) |
location.pathname |
returns the path of the URL |
location.port |
returns the port number of the URL |
location.protocol |
returns the protocol of the URL (e.g., “http:” or “https:”) |
location.search |
returns the query string of the URL (the part after the ? symbol) |
tags: [“JavaScript”, “URL”, “web development”]