window.location.pathname

Summary

The path to the current document, relative to the root of the current host.

Property of apis/locationapis/location

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = window.location.pathname;

Return Value

Returns an object of type StringString

The path to the current document, relative to the root of the current host.

For example, http://example.org/myyfolder/mypage.html would return the pathname of /myfoler/mypage.html.

Examples

// Returns the pathname part of the current window location.
// For this page, for instance, this will return the string '/wiki/apis/location/pathname'.
var pname = window.location.pathname;

Related specifications

Window Object 1.0

W3C Working Draft