current url in javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get current url

var currentUrl = window.location.href;

Example 2: get actual url in variable

var currentLocation = window.location;

Example 3: get the current url javascript

window.location.pathname; // Returns path only (/path/example.html)
window.location.href;     // Returns full URL (https://example.com/path/example.html)
window.location.origin;   // Returns base URL (https://example.com)

Example 4: javascript url check

const isAbsoluteUrl = url => /^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:/.test(url);

// Example
isAbsoluteUrl('https://1loc.dev');          // true
isAbsoluteUrl('https://1loc.dev/foo/bar');  // true
isAbsoluteUrl('1loc.dev');                  // false
isAbsoluteUrl('//1loc.dev');