Get absolute path in javascript

Question

Can you get the absolute path in html.

If i use location.href i can get the url but how can i trim the filename.html ?

IS there a better way to get the path.

Thanks!

Answer 1

location.pathname gives you the local part of the url.

var filename = location.pathname.match(/[^\/]+$/)[0]

The above gives you only the very last part. For example, if you are on http://somedomain/somefolder/filename.html, it will give you filename.html

Answer 2

For this page if you inspect the window.location object you will see

hash:       
host:       stackoverflow.com
hostname:   stackoverflow.com
href:       http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8401879/get-absolute-path-in-javascript
pathname:   /questions/8401879/get-absolute-path-in-javascript
port:       
protocol:   http:
search:     

Documentation at MDN

So location.pathname is what you want. And if you want to extract the last part use regex.

var lastpart = window.location.pathname.match(/[^\/]+$/)[0];

Answer 3

var full = location.pathname;
var path = full.substr(full.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);