Get current URL with jQuery?

Question

I am using jQuery. How do I get the path of the current URL and assign it to a variable?

Example URL:

http://localhost/menuname.de?foo=bar&number=0 

Answer 1

To get the path, you can use:

var pathname = window.location.pathname; // Returns path only (/path/example.html) var url      = window.location.href;     // Returns full URL (https://example.com/path/example.html) var origin   = window.location.origin;   // Returns base URL (https://example.com) 

Answer 2

In pure jQuery style:

$(location).attr('href'); 

The location object also has other properties, like host, hash, protocol, and pathname.