window.location Cheatsheet

Looking for a site’s URL information, then the window.location object is for you! Use its properties to get information on the current page address or use its methods to do some page redirect or refresh 💫

https://www.samanthaming.com/tidbits/?filter=JS#2

window.location.origin   → 'https://www.samanthaming.com'
               .protocol → 'https:'
               .host     → 'www.samanthaming.com'
               .hostname → 'www.samanthaming.com'
               .port     → ''
               .pathname → '/tidbits/'
               .search   → '?filter=JS'
               .hash     → '#2'
               .href     → 'https://www.samanthaming.com'
window.location.assign('url')
               .replace('url')
               .reload()
               .toString()

window.location Properties

Difference between host vs hostname

In my above example, you will notice that host and hostname returns the value. So why do these properties. Well, it has do with the port number. Let's take a look.

URL without Port

https://www.samanthaming…