I have the following URL in the browser address bar
http://localhost:8080/MyApp/MyScreen?userName=ccc
I need to get the part /MyScreen?userName=ccc from the it, excluding the root.
How can i get this using jQuery?
2 Answers
There isn't much built in for this, as your app and a browser won't actually agree on what the "root" is.
To a browser, /MyApp/ is just another directory name under the root, which it's convinced is:
http://localhost:8080/
However, if you can get a "base" URL from your application:
var baseUrl = "http://localhost:8080/MyApp";
You can then .replace() that from the current href:
var pagePath = window.location.href.replace(baseUrl, "");
console.log(pagePath);
// "/MyScreen?userName=ccc"
Example, using a mock location object: http://jsfiddle.net/CWcvW/
answered Aug 7, 2013 at 12:18
Jonathan Lonowski
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var a = location.pathname + location.search
If for some reason you also want the hash also (the # part of the url), use this instead:
var a = location.pathname + location.search + location.hash
Then, you must remove your app root path from a:
a = a.replace( "/MyApp/", "" );
// or
a = a.substring( "/MyApp/".length );
locationobject.