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JavaScript

Posted by Arwin Singh
Arwin Singh
4,560 Points

Finding location in JavaScript

I am building a website and I need to find the location of the user. How would I do that?

1 Answer

Ryan Duchene
PLUS
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points
Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

To get the user's current URL, you can use Window.location. Does that help?

Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

I wonder if Arwin may be asking about geolocation.

Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

That may be true. I just saw "location" and instantly thought "URL." :)