get the base URL and file path from my windows URL by using Javascript

Question

Hi I tried to get the base URL and file path from my windows URL..But I cant get it..Please correct me..

The URL is:

http://sample.com:30023/portal/site/samples/index.jsp

The current output is: http://sample.com:30023/index.jsp?

The required output is: http://sample.com:30023/portal/site/samples/

Code used :

var baseURL = location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + (location.port && ":" + location.port) + "/";

It appears from your code used that the current output can't possibly end with 'index.jsp'. — Peter Herdenborg
– Peter Herdenborg, Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 13:15
The safer way is to use base tag (see w3schools.com/tags/tag_base.asp) and getting in js with document.querySelector('head > base').getAttribute('href'). — Jerome2606
– Jerome2606, Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 13:02

Peter Herdenborg · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 13:14:16Z

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add location.pathname, so it becomes

var baseURL = location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + (location.port && ":" + location.port) + location.pathname;

Also, why not simply use location.href to get the whole thing?

Good reference at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.location

answered Jan 31, 2013 at 13:14

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Ilyssis · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 13:18:51Z

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Maybe somthing like this:

var sBase = location.href.substr(0, location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);

answered Jan 31, 2013 at 13:18

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Naju Over a year ago

This is the perfect answer for my question..Thank you

Stefan Arentz Over a year ago

This is actually not a good way since it fails on a url that ends with for example "/foo/bar/baz.html?next=/login". It is better to reconstruct the URL manually to make sure the query and fragment are not included.

boqapt Over a year ago

Addressing concern of @StefanArentz, it becomes location.origin + location.pathname.substr(0, location.pathname.lastIndexOf("/") + 1)

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