How to get the current url in the browser in Angular 2 using TypeScript?

Question

I need to get the current URL present in the browser in my Angular 2 application.

In JavaScript normally we do it using the window object.

How can I do this

Answer 1

Import the ActivatedRoute, (and the rest of the Router stuff too, if you want)

import { ActivatedRoute, Params, Router, UrlSegment } from '@angular/router';

making sure it's injected into the constructor,

constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) { ... }

and on ngOnInit you can use this.route to inspect the URL. For instance, all the segments are in an array, which you can string together, as @ibgib suggested, like this:

let path = this.route.snapshot.url.join('/');

to give you something like "mars/moons/phobos".