Get the current URL in JavaScript

Getting the full URL of the current page in Vanilla JavaScript:

HTML code:

<div class="example">
</div>

JavaScript code:

<script>
// Getting the full URL of the current page
var currentURL = window.location.href;

// Printing the result
document.querySelector('.example').textContent = currentURL;
</script>

Links

1. location: href property: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/href
2. JavaScript Window Location: www.w3schools.com/js/js_window_location.asp

Browser support

Windows

Internet Explorer 4.0+

Edge 12.0+

Firefox 1.0+

Google Chrome 1.0+

Opera 3.0+

Safari 3.1+

SeaMonkey 1.0+

Mozilla 0.6+

Netscape 2.0+

Linux

Firefox 1.0+

Google Chrome / Chromium

Opera 5.0+

SeaMonkey 1.0+

Mozilla 0.6+

Netscape 2.0+

Hv3

iOS

Safari 1.0+

Android

Samsung Internet 1.0+

Chrome 18.0+

Firefox 4.0+

Opera 12.1+

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