Web/API/WorkerGlobalScope/location

The location read-only property of the WorkerGlobalScope interface returns the WorkerLocation associated with the worker. It is a specific location object, mostly a subset of the Location for browsing scopes, but adapted to workers.

Syntax

var locationObj = self.location;

Value

A WorkerLocation object.

Example

If you called the following in a document served at localhost:8000

console.log(location);

inside a worker (which would basically be the equivalent of self.console.log(self.location);, as these are being called on the worker scope, which can be referenced with WorkerGlobalScope.self), you will get a WorkerLocation object written to the console — something like the following:

WorkerLocation {hash: "", search: "", pathname: "/worker.js", port: "8000", hostname: "localhost"…}
  hash: ""
  host: "localhost:8000"
  hostname: "localhost"
  href: "http://localhost:8000/worker.js"
  origin: "http://localhost:8000"
  pathname: "/worker.js"
  port: "8000"
  protocol: "http:"
  search: ""
  __proto__: WorkerLocation

You could use this location object to return more information about the document's location, as you might do with a normal Location object.

Note: Firefox has a bug with using console.log inside shared/service workers (see bug 1058644), which may return strange results, but this should be fixed soon.

Specifications

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

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
`location`	Chrome Full support 4	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support 11.5	Safari Full support 4	WebView Android Full support 37	Chrome Android Full support 40	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support 5.1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

Legend

Full support: Full support