How to Get Current URL in Web Browser using JavaScript

JavaScript provides you many methods to get the current URL displaying in web browser address bar. You can use the Location object property of the Window object to get these details. Below is the list of few properties of location object.

Here is the list of options available to get URL and other details using JavaScript. The first example will get the current URL in a web browser. Other examples are also available for your reference.

#1 – href

This will return the entire URL displaying in the address bar.

#2 – host

This will return the hostname and port of the URL in the address bar.

#3 – hostname

This will return only the hostname of the URL in the address bar.

#4 – post

This will return only the port detail of the URL in the address bar.

#5 – protocol

This will return the protocol of the URL in the address bar. Like the URL is using HTTP (without SSL) or HTTPS (with SSL).

#6 – pathname

This will return the pathname (value after the domain name) of the URL in the address bar.

#7 – hash

This will return the anchor portion of the URL including hash sign (#).

#8 – search

This will return the query portion of the URL like portion started with the question mark (?).