Get current route without parameters

Question

I need to get my current route without params in Angular 2, I found a way to get the current route with params as follows:

 this.router.url

Answer 1

In my case I needed to compare the previous route and the new route, when changing only the :id on the url via router.navigate. Since I wanted the path without the different ids, I got the original path of the route:

/* 
    Routes = [
        { path: 'main/details/:id', component: DetailComponent }
    ]

    previousRoute = '/main/details/1'
    newRoute      = '/main/details/2'
*/

this.routeSubscription = this.router.events.filter((event) => event instanceof ResolveStart)
                                           .pairwise() // returns previous and current events
                                           .subscribe((ev: [ResolveStart, ResolveStart]) => {

    let sameRoute = ev[0].state.root.firstChild.routeConfig.path == ev[1].state.root.firstChild.routeConfig.path ?
                       ev[0].state.root.firstChild.routeConfig.path : undefiend;
    if (sameRoute) {
        // Same routes, probably different ids 
        console.log(sameRoute) // gives 'main/details/:id'
    } else {
        // Different routes
    }
});