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I have a website on a host example.myhost.com but I also have a sub-domain for French fr.example.myhost.com which is different than example.myhost.com.

If I'm at fr.example.myhost.com and I use window.location.href, I get example.myhost.com instead of fr.example.myhost.com.

How do I get the URL typed in the address bar of the browser?

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  • Do you see the right content if you run alert(location)? Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 22:31
  • location.href should give you the entire url. Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 22:33
  • @Douglas, no , the alert box gives example.myhost.com Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 22:33
  • @AlienWebguy, it doesn't give me the current url Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 22:34
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    @Alon what browser are you using? Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 22:34

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window.location

The subdomain shouldn't make a difference. If, however, you've typed the URL in the address bar, after the page has loaded (but not hit enter), then that's a different story altogether.

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true, but the way he worded the question i'm assuming he actually has loaded the page with that url
In my browser window, I see fr.example.myhost.com while when I do window.location, I see example.myhost.com
do you have an actual webpage example?
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That's weird, cause it works for me. You might try:

  • window.location.host
  • window.location.hostname
  • window.location.origin
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Look the same question here : Get current URL in web browser

Use :

console.log(document.URL);
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