URLUtils

Experimental

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The URLUtils interface defines utility methods to work with URLs.

There are no objects of this type, but several objects implement it, such as Location (en-US), URL (en-US), HTMLAnchorElement (en-US), and HTMLAreaElement (en-US).

Properties

This interface doesn't inherit any property.

URLUtils.href: Is a DOMString containing the whole URL.
URLUtils.protocol: Is a DOMString containing the protocol scheme of the URL, including the final ':'.
URLUtils.host: Is a DOMString containing the host, that is the hostname, and then, if the port of the URL is not empty (which can happen because it was not specified or because it was specified to be the default port of the URL's scheme), a ':', and the port of the URL.
URLUtils.hostname: Is a DOMString containing the domain of the URL.
URLUtils.port: Is a DOMString containing the port number of the URL.
URLUtils.pathname: Is a DOMString containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL.
URLUtils.search: Is a DOMString containing a '?' followed by the parameters of the URL.
URLUtils.hash: Is a DOMString containing a '#' followed by the fragment identifier of the URL.
URLUtils.username: Is a DOMString containing the username specified before the domain name.
URLUtils.password: Is a DOMString containing the password specified before the domain name.
URLUtils.origin Read only: Returns a DOMString containing the origin of the URL, that is its scheme, its domain and its port.
URLUtils.searchParams: Returns a URLSearchParams (en-US) object allowing to access the GET query arguments contained in the URL.

Methods

This interface doesn't inherit any method.

URLUtils.toString(): Returns a DOMString containing the whole URL. It is a synonym for URLUtils.href, though it can't be used to modify the value.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
URL The definition of 'URLUtils' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition

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Desktop
Mobile

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	No support [1]	22 (22) [1]	No support [1]	No support [1]	No support [1]
searchParams	?	29 (29)	No support	?	?
`username` and `password`	?	26 (26)	No support	?	?
`origin`	?	26 (26)	?	?	?
`origin` on `Windows.location`	?	21 (21)	?	?	?

Feature	Android	Chrome for Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	No support [1]	No support [1]	22.0 (22) [1]	No support [1]	No support [1]	No support [1]
searchParams	?	?	No support	No support	?	?
`username` and `password`	?	?	26.0 (26)	No support	?	?
`origin`	?	?	26.0 (26)	?	?	?
`origin` on `Windows.location`	?	?	21.0 (21)	?	?	?

[1] Though not grouped in a single abstract interface, these methods are directly available on the interfaces that implement it, if this interface is supported.