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location: assign() method

The Location.assign() method causes the window to load and display the document at the URL specified. After the navigation occurs, the user can navigate back to the page that called Location.assign() by pressing the "back" button.

If the assignment can't happen because of a security violation, a DOMException of the SECURITY_ERROR type is thrown. This happens if the origin of the script calling the method is different from the origin of the page originally described by the Location object, mostly when the script is hosted on a different domain.

If the provided URL is not valid, a DOMException of the SYNTAX_ERROR type is thrown.

Syntax

js

assign(url)

Parameters

url

A string containing the URL of the page to navigate to.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js

// Navigate to the Location.reload article
window.location.assign(
  "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/reload",
);

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-location-assign-dev

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
assign 1 12 1 5.5 3 3 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/assign