URL: 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 April 2018.

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Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

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

Syntax

toString()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string.

Examples

const url = new URL(
  "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/toString",
);
url.toString(); // should return the URL as a string

Specifications

Specification
URL # URL-stringification-behavior

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile							server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Bun	Deno	Node.js
`toString`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 19 (Release date: 2012-05-15) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 54 (Release date: 2017-06-13) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 7 (Release date: 2013-10-22) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 25 (Release date: 2013-02-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 54 (Release date: 2017-06-13) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 7 (Release date: 2013-09-18) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 7 (Release date: 2013-09-18) footnote Full support	Bun – Full support Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08) footnote Full support	Deno – Full support Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13) footnote Full support	Node.js – Full support Node.js 6.13 (Release date: 2018-02-13) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support