Last segment of URL in jquery

Question

How do I get the last segment of a url? I have the following script which displays the full url of the anchor tag clicked:

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Answer 1

if the url is http://localhost/madukaonline/shop.php?shop=79

console.log(location.search); will bring ?shop=79

so the simplest way is to use location.search

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Answer 2

var urlChunks = 'mywebsite/folder/file'.split('/');
alert(urlChunks[urlChunks.length - 1]);

Answer 3

I am using regex and split:

var last_path = location.href.match(/./(.[\w])/)[1].split("#")[0].split("?")[0]

In the end it will ignore # ? & / ending urls, which happens a lot. Example:

https://cardsrealm.com/profile/cardsRealm -> Returns cardsRealm

https://cardsrealm.com/profile/cardsRealm#hello -> Returns cardsRealm

https://cardsrealm.com/profile/cardsRealm?hello -> Returns cardsRealm

https://cardsrealm.com/profile/cardsRealm/ -> Returns cardsRealm

Answer 4

I know it is old but if you want to get this from an URL you could simply use:

document.location.pathname.substring(document.location.pathname.lastIndexOf('/.') + 1);

document.location.pathname gets the pathname from the current URL. lastIndexOf get the index of the last occurrence of the following Regex, in our case is /.. The dot means any character, thus, it will not count if the / is the last character on the URL. substring will cut the string between two indexes.

Answer 5

You can also use the lastIndexOf() function to locate the last occurrence of the / character in your URL, then the substring() function to return the substring starting from that location:

console.log(this.href.substring(this.href.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));

That way, you'll avoid creating an array containing all your URL segments, as split() does.

Answer 6

window.location.pathname.split("/").pop()