Get relative path of the page url using javascript

Question

In javascript, how can I get the relative path of the current url?

for example http://www.example.com/test/this?page=2

I want just the /te

Answer 1

You can use the below snippet to get the absolute url of any page.

 var getAbsoluteUrl = (function() {
     var a;
     return function(url) {
         if(!a) a = document.createElement('a');
         a.href = url;
         return a.href;
     }
})();

// Sample Result based on the input.
getAbsoluteUrl('/'); //Returns http://stackoverflow.com/

Checkout get absolute URL using Javascript for more details and multiple ways to achieve the same functionality.