External Javascript File - QueryString Info Available?

Question

On an HTML page I have a reference to an external Javascript file like this:

<script src="http://MyServer.com/js/myscript.js?Happy=True"></script>

Inside the myscript.js when it runs, can I get the Happy=True QueryString-like part of the js source URL?

Note I do not want the URL of the HTML page, I need to get the URL of the js file.

My Guess is no.

Dr.Molle · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-17 02:17:43Z

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You will be able to detect the src-attribute of the script-element(would be easier to locate if the <script> has an ID). Out of that URL you could extract the Query-String.

answered Feb 17, 2011 at 2:17

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user113716 Over a year ago

I thought the same thing, but it seems (at least in Chrome) that the querystring gets stripped away. Not even getAttribute would get it. Just tested Firefox too. Same thing. jsfiddle.net/8G2Dm/1

Dr.Molle Over a year ago

Mmmh, I get the full path including the Query-String in Chrome(but it's V5, I think I'll need to update sometimes ^^)

user113716 Over a year ago

...scratch that. Perhaps a jsFiddle issue? When I test locally, it works. +1

Dr.Molle Over a year ago

You need to access getElementsByTagName('script')[2] on jsfiddle, there are more scripts on jsfiddle embedded, the reported name is dummy.js, not myscript.js like expected.

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