The replace()
method of the Location
interface replaces the current resource with the one at the provided URL. The difference from the assign()
method is that after using replace()
the current page will not be saved in session History
, meaning the user won't be able to use the back button to navigate to it.
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.