URLUtils.pathname

The URLUtils.pathname property is a DOMString containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL.

Syntax

string = object.pathname;
object.pathname = string;

Examples

Basic usage

// Let's an <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/URLUtils.pathname"> element be in the document
var anchor = document.getElementByID("myAnchor");
var result = anchor.pathname; // Returns:'/en-US/docs/URLUtils.pathname'

Get the folder portion of a pathname string

Library

function getFolder (oTarget, nDeltaUp) {
  return oTarget.pathname.replace(new RegExp("(?:\\\/+[^\\\/]*){0," + ((nDeltaUp || 0) + 1) + "}$"), "/");
}

Syntax

getFolder(URLObject[, upFor])

Description

Shows the folder part of a pathname property.

Parameters

URLObject

The object with a pathname property (string).

upFor Optional

Move up from the current path for n levels (positive integer number).

Example

alert(window.location.pathname); // "/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLUtils.pathname"
alert(getFolder(window.location)); // "/en-US/docs/Web/API/"
alert(getFolder(window.location, 2)); // "/en-US/docs/"
alert(getFolder(window.location, 3)); // "/en-US/"
alert(getFolder(window.location, 4)); // "/"
alert(getFolder(window.location, 27)); // "/"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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

See also

• The URLUtils interface it belongs to.