Location: toString()

The toString() stringifier method of the Location interface returns a USVString containing the whole URL. It is a read-only version of Location.href.

Syntax

string = object.toString();

Examples

// Let's imagine an <a id="myAnchor" href="/en-US/docs/Location/toString"> element is in the document
var anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
var result = anchor.toString(); // Returns: 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Location/toString'

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard (HTML) # dom-location-href-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
`toString`	52	12	22	11 Intranet sites are set to Compatibility View, which will emulate IE7 and omit `window.location.toString`.	?	1	52	52	22	?	1	6.0

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