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chapter 16
pageNumber 105
description The location is a built-in object that represents the current URL of the web page being displayed in the browser. It provides current web page's location and allows to perform various operations related to URLs.

Location

The location object is used to retrieve the current location (URL) of the document and provides different methods to manipulate document location. One can access the current location by

window.location
//or
document.location
//or
location

Note: window.location and document.location references the same location object.

Let's take an example of the following URL and explore the different properties of location

http://localhost:3000/js/index.html?type=listing&page=2#title

location.href //prints current document URL
location.protocol //prints protocol like http: or https:
location.host //prints hostname with port like localhost or localhost:3000
location.hostname //prints hostname like localhost or www.example.com
location.port //prints port number like 3000
location.pathname //prints pathname like /js/index.html
location.search //prints query string like ?type=listing&page=2
location.hash //prints fragment identifier like #title