Window.location Cheat Sheet

The window.location object is particularly useful when working with a page's URL information. Let's take a look at an example of a URL and what each property of the window.location object represents.

const url = 'https://dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000/c/js?page=2&sort=asc#search';

Provide the above URL, here's a quick reference for the properties window.location object:

window.location.protocol

• The protocol schema of the URL (usually http: or https:)
• Sample value: https:

window.location.hostname

• The domain name of the URL
• Sample value: dev.30secondsofcode.org

window.location.port

• The port number of the URL
• Sample value: 8000

window.location.host

• The domain name and port number of the URL
• Sample value: dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000

window.location.origin

• The protocol schema, domain name and port number of the URL
• Sample value: https://dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000

window.location.pathname

• The path of the URL, including the leading slash
• Sample value: /c/js

window.location.search

• The query string of the URL, including the leading question mark
• Sample value: ?page=2&sort=asc

window.location.hash

• The fragment identifier of the URL, including the leading hash
• Sample value: #search

window.location.href

• The full URL, including the protocol schema, domain name, port number, path, query string and fragment identifier
• Sample value: https://dev.30secondsofcode.org:8000/c/js?page=2&sort=asc#search