Page redirection in JavaScript using a variable

Question

I am trying to redirect a page in JavaScript using a variable base_url. The issue is page redirects to the wrong URL rather than the one I want to redirect to.

The script is running on this page http://www.example.com/account

In my JS code, I have:

base_url = 'www.example.com';

window.location.href = base_url + '/payment';

How can I figure out how to send users to www.example.com/payment rather than http://www.example.com/www.example.com/payment?

I don't understand why my code is pre-pending the domain name in the URL? How can I solve this issue? Any ideas?

EDIT

OK guys, I changed my base url with

base_url = '//www.domainhole.com';

I am not sure whether the page will serve on http or https therefore I used protocol-relative URL.

But why without using scheme it makes wrong url?

What happens if you change it to base_url = 'http://www.example.com';? — Charlie Fish
– Charlie Fish, Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 18:06
Try using this window.location.replace = base_url + '/payment'; — Scath
– Scath, Commented Jul 18, 2018 at 18:16

Jeph · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-18 18:06:26Z

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Include a protocol in your base_url: base_url = 'https://www.example.com';

answered Jul 18, 2018 at 18:06

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