How to get the URL without any parameters in JavaScript?

If I use:

alert(window.location.href);

I get everything including query strings. Is there a way to just get the main url part, for example:

http://mysite.com/somedir/somefile/

instead of

http://mysite.com/somedir/somefile/?foo=bar&loo=goo

Solution 1:

This is possible, but you'll have to build it manually from the location object:

location.protocol + '//' + location.host + location.pathname

Every answer is rather convoluted. Here:

var url = window.location.href.split('?')[0];

Even if a ? isn't present, it'll still return the first argument, which will be your full URL, minus query string.

It's also protocol-agnostic, meaning you could even use it for things like ftp, itunes.etc.