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Window.location Cheat Sheet

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The window.location object is particularly useful when working with a page's URL information. Let's take a look at an example of a URL and what each property of the window.location object represents.

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const url = 'https://dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000/c/js?page=2&sort=asc#search';

Provided the above URL, here's a quick reference for the properties window.location object:

window.location.protocol

  • The protocol schema of the URL (usually http: or https:)
  • Sample value: https:

window.location.hostname

  • The domain name of the URL
  • Sample value: dev.30secondsofcode.org

window.location.port

  • The port number of the URL
  • Sample value: 8000

window.location.host

  • The domain name and port number of the URL
  • Sample value: dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000

window.location.origin

  • The protocol schema, domain name and port number of the URL
  • Sample value: https://dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000

window.location.pathname

  • The path of the URL, including the leading slash
  • Sample value: /c/js
  • The query string of the URL, including the leading question mark
  • Sample value: ?page=2&sort=asc

window.location.hash

  • The fragment identifier of the URL, including the leading hash
  • Sample value: #search

window.location.href

  • The full URL, including the protocol schema, domain name, port number, path, query string and fragment identifier
  • Sample value: https://dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000/c/js?page=2&sort=asc#search