How to get the current URL with Javascript

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In Javascript, it is sometimes necessary to get the URL of the current web page you are on. There are a few ways to do this.

If we want to get the full URL of the current web page, we simply have to use window.location.href.


// Shows us the current URL
let currentUrl = window.location.href;

If you only want to get the current domain, excluding any pages, you can run the following in Javascript:


let currentDomain = window.location.origin;

For instance, if you were on https://google.com/page/search/go/, the above would simply return https://google.com.

If you want to get only the path after the domain, then run the following:


let currentPath = window.location.pathname;

Although these are the most common uses for window.location, there are also a number of other useful properties, such as:

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