Web/API/Location/pathname

The pathname property of the Location interface is a USVString containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL (or the empty string if there is no path).

Syntax

string = object.pathname;
object.pathname = string;

Examples

// Let's an <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Location.pathname"> element be in the document
var anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
var result = anchor.pathname; // Returns:'/en-US/docs/Location.pathname'

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'pathname' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
pathname	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes' Full support 22 Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 53, the pathname property returned wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return "/x?a=true&b=false" rather than "/x".	IE Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' Internet Explorer does not provide the leading slash character in the pathname (docs/Web/API/Location instead of /docs/Web/API/Location).	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes' Full support 22 Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 53, the pathname property returned wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return "/x?a=true&b=false" rather than "/x".	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

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