JSP or JavaScript equivalent to PHP's $_SERVER[“HTTP_HOST”]?

Question

I\'ve go an absolute URL in my JavaScript that I have hard coded for window.location.

I don\'t want to have to change this every time I am testing my app. In PHP I w

Answer 1

What you need is:

request.getServerName()

An example:

<%
String path = request.getContextPath();
String basePath = request.getScheme()+"://"+request.getServerName()+":"+request.getServerPort()+path+"/";
%>