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

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

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

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?

• javascript

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

3 Answers 3

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.

That's weird, cause it works for me. You might try:

• window.location.host
• window.location.hostname
• window.location.origin

Look the same question here : Get current URL in web browser

Use :

console.log(document.URL);