The window.location
object can be used to get the current page address (URL) and to redirect the browser to a new page.
Window Location
The window.location
object can be written without the window prefix.
Some examples:
window.location.href
returns the href (URL) of the current pagewindow.location.hostname
returns the domain name of the web hostwindow.location.pathname
returns the path and filename of the current pagewindow.location.protocol
returns the web protocol used (http: or https:)window.location.assign()
loads a new document