jquery - get url path?

Question

I know I can use window.location.pathname to return a url, but how do I parse the url?

I have a url like this: http://localhost/messages/mine/9889 and I\'m trying to

Answer 1

if (window.location.pathname.split("/")[2] == "mine") {
  // it exists
};

window.location.pathname is a string at the end of the day, so the usual string methods apply.