Getting parts of a URL with JavaScript

Question

I'm currently on www.google.com/folder/folder/archive.php and using window.location to determine that. I actually want to target /archive.php, and nothing else.

Is there something that could achieve that?

window.location.host = "www.google.com"

window.location.pathname = "folder/folder/archive.php"

???? = "/archive.php

You should be able to easily extract that form the pathname... :) — techfoobar
– techfoobar, Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 11:23
"I'm currently on www.google.com/folder/folder/archive.php" I doubt that. example.com is reserved for exactly this reason :) — Gareth
– Gareth, Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 11:28
possible duplicate of How to extract the filename of URL in JavaScript? — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 11:34

Midhun Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29 11:45:37Z

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Try this :)

console.log(window.location.href.split('/').pop())

answered Nov 29, 2013 at 11:45

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B''H Bi'ezras -- Boruch Hashem Over a year ago

I was thinking this too, but what if I have a URL like: example.com/http ://google.com/otherPage.js how can I just split up the different parts?

B''H Bi'ezras -- Boruch Hashem Over a year ago

or even example.com/index.php?page=http: //google.com

Uncle Aaroh · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29 11:27:48Z

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You need to split the array and get the last portion. You can do it like this

var a = window.location.pathname.split("/");
console.log(a[a.length - 1]);

answered Nov 29, 2013 at 11:27

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user1469270 Over a year ago

Thanks. If I were to just do console.log(a[-1]);, how come it says undefined in the console?

Uncle Aaroh Over a year ago

@Prateek: my solution is independent of the size of the URL. The objective was to achieve the last part of the URL.

Rituraj ratan · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29 11:24:40Z

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alert("/"+window.location.pathname.split("/")[2] );

answered Nov 29, 2013 at 11:24

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Prateek · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29 11:31:53Z

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Try this

var path = "www.google.com/folder/folder/archive.php";
console.log(path.substring(path.lastIndexOf('/')+1));

answered Nov 29, 2013 at 11:31

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mplungjan · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-21 16:13:25Z

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This will select part from the last '/'.

var last =

window.location.toString().substr(window.location.toString().lastIndexOf('/'));

last will always be the path no matter which ever page you run this script.

eg: http://www.example.com/../../../../../test.html

The output will be test.html

http:// - Protocol
www - Server-Name (subdomain)
example - Second Level Domain (SLD)
com - Top Level Domain (TLD)
/test.html - Path

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answered Nov 29, 2013 at 11:50

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