Javascript Get Website URL

Question

How do I get Javascript to tell me the website url.

For example if I have a page www.example.com/page.html

I want Javascript to tell me the site

Answer 1

Use

window.location.hostname

You can test it by just typing it in the chrome dev tools console

Reference

MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location

Answer 2

There are many ways to get this.
Open Chrome browser and press F12, you'll get console.

Type following commands there for the same question URL. You will get your answer

window.location.hostname // Output : stackoverflow.com

window.location.origin // Output : http://stackoverflow.com

document.location.host // Output : stackoverflow.com

Answer 3

There are several ways you can do this, but one way might be best for certain situations (e.g. within an iFrame).

Protocol + Domain + Page

document.URL
> "http://example.com/page1.html"

document.location.href
> "http://example.com/page1.html"

---

Protocol + Domain

document.location.origin
> "http://example.com"

---

Domain

document.location.host
> "example.com"

---

Page

document.location.pathname
> "/page1.html"

Answer 4

Try this

document.location.host

Answer 5

Try

document.location.origin

That will give you the protocol and host.

Answer 6

Use alert(window.location.origin) for getting the url.