Remove URL parameters without refreshing page

Question

I am trying to remove everything after the \"?\" in the browser url on document ready.

Here is what I am trying:

jQuery(document).ready(function($)          


        

Answer 1

a simple way to do this, works on any page, requires HTML 5

// get the string following the ?
var query = window.location.search.substring(1)

// is there anything there ?
if(query.length) {
   // are the new history methods available ?
   if(window.history != undefined && window.history.pushState != undefined) {
        // if pushstate exists, add a new state to the history, this changes the url without reloading the page

        window.history.pushState({}, document.title, window.location.pathname);
   }
}