Document.documentURI

The documentURI read-only property of the Document interface returns the document location as a string.

Syntax

const uri = document.documentURI

Example

JavaScript

document.getElementById("url").textContent = document.documentURI;

HTML

<p id="urlText">
  URL:<br/>
  <span id="url">URL goes here</span>
</p>

Result

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
DOM
The definition of 'documentURI' in that specification.		 Living Standard

Browser compatibility

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ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
documentURIChrome Full support 1Edge Full support 17Firefox Full support YesIE Full support YesOpera Full support YesSafari Full support YesWebView Android Full support YesChrome Android Full support YesFirefox Android Full support YesOpera Android Full support YesSafari iOS Full support YesSamsung Internet Android Full support Yes
Read-only behaviorChrome Full support 43Edge Full support ≤79Firefox Full support YesIE No support NoOpera Full support 30Safari No support NoWebView Android Full support 43Chrome Android Full support 43Firefox Android Full support YesOpera Android Full support 30Safari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

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See also

Related Topics
  1. Document Object Model
  2. Document
  3. Constructor
    1. Document()
  4. Properties
    1. alinkColor
    2. all
    3. anchors
    4. applets
    5. bgColor
    6. body
    7. characterSet
    8. childElementCount
    9. children
    10. compatMode
    11. contentType
    12. currentScript
    13. defaultView
    14. designMode
    15. dir
    16. doctype
    17. documentElement
    18. documentURI
    19. documentURIObject
    20. domain
    21. domConfig
    22. embeds
    23. fgColor
    24. firstElementChild
    25. forms
    26. fullscreen
    27. fullscreenEnabled
    28. head
    29. height
    30. hidden
    31. images
    32. implementation
    33. lastElementChild
    34. lastModified
    35. lastStyleSheetSet
    36. linkColor
    37. links
    38. location
    39. mozSyntheticDocument
    40. onabort
    41. onafterscriptexecute
    42. onanimationcancel
    43. onanimationend
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    45. onauxclick
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    48. oncancel
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    51. onchange
    52. onclick
    53. onclose
    54. oncontextmenu
    55. oncuechange
    56. ondblclick
    57. ondurationchange
    58. onended
    59. onerror
    60. onfocus
    61. onformdata
    62. onfullscreenchange
    63. onfullscreenerror
    64. ongotpointercapture
    65. oninput
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    67. onkeydown
    68. onkeypress
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    71. onloadeddata
    72. onloadedmetadata
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    75. onlostpointercapture
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    83. onoffline
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    85. onpause
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    87. onpointercancel
    88. onpointerdown
    89. onpointerenter
    90. onpointerleave
    91. onpointermove
    92. onpointerout
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    94. onpointerup
    95. onreset
    96. onresize
    97. onscroll
    98. onselect
    99. onselectionchange
    100. onselectstart
    101. onsubmit
    102. ontouchcancel
    103. ontouchstart
    104. ontransitioncancel
    105. ontransitionend
    106. onvisibilitychange
    107. onwheel
    108. origin
    109. plugins
    110. popupNode
    111. preferredStyleSheetSet
    112. readyState
    113. referrer
    114. scripts
    115. scrollingElement
    116. selectedStyleSheetSet
    117. styleSheetSets
    118. timeline
    119. title
    120. tooltipNode
    121. URL
    122. visibilityState
    123. vlinkColor
    124. width
    125. xmlEncoding
    126. xmlVersion
  5. Methods
    1. adoptNode()
    2. append()
    3. caretRangeFromPoint()
    4. clear()
    5. close()
    6. createAttribute()
    7. createCDATASection()
    8. createComment()
    9. createDocumentFragment()
    10. createElement()
    11. createElementNS()
    12. createEntityReference()
    13. createEvent()
    14. createExpression()
    15. createExpression()
    16. createNodeIterator()
    17. createNSResolver()
    18. createNSResolver()
    19. createProcessingInstruction()
    20. createRange()
    21. createTextNode()
    22. createTouch()
    23. createTouchList()
    24. createTreeWalker()
    25. enableStyleSheetsForSet()
    26. evaluate()
    27. evaluate()
    28. execCommand()
    29. exitFullscreen()
    30. exitPointerLock()
    31. getAnimations()
    32. getBoxObjectFor()
    33. getElementById()
    34. getElementsByClassName()
    35. getElementsByName()
    36. getElementsByTagName()
    37. getElementsByTagNameNS()
    38. hasFocus()
    39. hasStorageAccess()
    40. importNode()
    41. mozSetImageElement()
    42. open()
    43. prepend()
    44. queryCommandEnabled()
    45. queryCommandSupported()
    46. querySelector()
    47. querySelector()
    48. querySelectorAll()
    49. querySelectorAll()
    50. registerElement()
    51. releaseCapture()
    52. requestStorageAccess()
    53. write()
    54. writeln()
  6. Events
    1. animationcancel
    2. animationend
    3. animationiteration
    4. animationstart
    5. copy
    6. cut
    7. DOMContentLoaded
    8. drag
    9. dragend
    10. dragenter
    11. dragexit
    12. dragleave
    13. dragover
    14. dragstart
    15. drop
    16. gotpointercapture
    17. keydown
    18. keypress
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    20. lostpointercapture
    21. paste
    22. pointercancel
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    24. pointerenter
    25. pointerleave
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    31. pointerup
    32. readystatechange
    33. scroll
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    35. touchend
    36. touchmove
    37. touchstart
    38. transitioncancel
    39. transitionend
    40. transitionrun
    41. transitionstart
    42. visibilitychange
  7. Inheritance:
    1. Node
    2. EventTarget
  8. Related pages for DOM
    1. AbortController
    2. AbortSignal
    3. AbstractRange
    4. Attr
    5. ByteString
    6. CDATASection
    7. CSSPrimitiveValue
    8. CSSValue
    9. CSSValueList
    10. CharacterData
    11. ChildNode
    12. Comment
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    14. DOMConfiguration
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    20. DOMImplementationRegistry
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    22. DOMLocator
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    26. DOMPointInit
    27. DOMPointReadOnly
    28. DOMRect
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    30. DOMTimeStamp
    31. DOMTokenList
    32. DOMUserData
    33. DocumentFragment
    34. DocumentType
    35. Element
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    52. Text
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    59. UserDataHandler
    60. XMLDocument