List of JavaScript Location Object

What is use of Location Object?
The window.location object can be used to get the current page address (URL) and to redirect the browser to a new page.

1. href => This will return the entire URL displaying in the address bar.

var currentURL = window.location.href;

2. hostname => This will return only the hostname of the URL in address bar.

var currentHostname = window.location.hostname;

3. host => This will return the hostname and port of the URL in address bar.

var currentHost = window.location.host;

4. pathname => This will return the pathname (value after the domain name) of the URL in address bar.

var currentPathname = window.location.pathname;

5. port => This will return only the port detail of the URL in address bar.

var currentPort = window.location.port;

6. hash => This will return the anchor portion of the URL including hash sign (#).

var currenthash = window.location.hash;

7. search=> This will return the query portion of the URL like portion started with the question mark (?)

var currentSearchString = window.location.search;

8. protocol => This will return the protocol of the URL in address bar. Like the URL is using HTTP (without SSL) or HTTPS (with SSL).

var currentProtocol = window.location.protocol;