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Document: URL property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

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

Value

A string containing the URL of the document.

Examples

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JavaScript

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

HTML

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

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
URL 1 12 19
1–19Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
3 3
1–3Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
18 19
4–19Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.1 2
1–2Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
1.0 4.4 2
1–2Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/URL