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  4. toString()

Location: toString() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2016.

The toString() stringifier method of the Location interface returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a read-only version of Location.href.

Syntax

js
toString()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string representing the object's URL.

Examples

js
// Let's imagine this code is executed on https://example.com/path?search#hash
const result = window.location.toString(); // Returns: 'https://example.com/path?search#hash'

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-location-href-dev

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
toString
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 52 (Release date: 2016-07-20)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 22 (Release date: 2013-06-25)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 39 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 1 (Release date: 2003-06-23)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 52 (Release date: 2016-07-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 22 (Release date: 2013-06-25)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 41 (Release date: 2016-10-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 52 (Release date: 2016-07-27)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Deno – No support
Deno 1.7 (Release date: 2021-01-19)
disabled
disabled From version 1.7 users must explicitly set the --location [url] runtime flag.

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Full support
No support
User must explicitly enable this feature.

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