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Sangam254
Sangam254

Reputation: 3483

How can I remove the query string from the url after the page loads?

I have a URL with a long query string attached to it. After the page loads, I do not require the query string. So I want to remove the query string from the address bar without a page reload.

I tried parent.location.hash = ''; and window.location.href = '/#'

They did not make a difference.

Upvotes: 42

Views: 95951

Answers (9)

lalit kumar
lalit kumar

Reputation: 163

window.history.replaceState(null, null, window.location.pathname);

Upvotes: 9

curiousBoy
curiousBoy

Reputation: 6834

I want to add one more way to do this, especially for the ones who are using $routeProvider.

As it has been mentioned in some other answers, you do this by using:

var yourCurrentUrl = window.location.href.split('?')[0]; 
window.history.replaceState({}, '', yourCurrentUrl );

or by creating a new record in history stack:

window.history.pushState({}, '', yourCurrentUrl );

For a very detailed and nice explanation about doing with history.pushState and history.replaceState , you can read this post on SO .

HOWEVER if you are using Angular $routeProvider in your app, then it will still capture this change if that matches with any existing pattern. To avoid that, make sure your $routeProvider has reloadOnSearch flag set to false because by default it is true .

For example:

$routeProvider.when("/path/to/my/route",{
   controller: 'MyController',
   templateUrl: '/path/to/template.html',
   //Secret Sauce
   reloadOnSearch: false//Make sure this is explicitly set to false
});

Upvotes: 2

ChristianG
ChristianG

Reputation: 458

I use this code snippit in my personal projects where i need to remove URL params without re-loading:

var newURL = location.href.split("?")[0];
window.history.pushState('object', document.title, newURL);

Upvotes: 2

germankiwi
germankiwi

Reputation: 1132

As others have said, you can do this using the History API in modern browsers (IE10+, FF4+, Chrome5+). There was no full example in the answers, so figured I'd share my solution, as I just had a requirement to do the same thing:

history.pushState(null, "", location.href.split("?")[0]);

If you are using Modernizr, you can also check if the History API is available like so:

if (Modernizr.history) {
    history.pushState(null, "", location.href.split("?")[0]);
}

Upvotes: 54

Mathew Thompson
Mathew Thompson

Reputation: 56429

You can't do that without reloading the page, imagine if you could put whatever you wanted in the browser address bar? Security fun :)

Although you can now do it in HTML5 (which will only work on browsers supporting it) using the new history API, but realistically, your scenario best warrants a rewrite instead of including that (seems sledgehammer to crack a nut).

As you said you don't need the query string after the page loads, you should really post back, then redirected to another URL after you've finished your processing.

Upvotes: 10

Code Spy
Code Spy

Reputation: 9954

Updated Code Now it will work

Just Add Below code in you page whose link you want to change.

// javascript function

   function buildLin(first) {
    var firs = first.toString()
       //alert(firs);
       //document.getElementById("team").value = "1";
           document.location.hash = "#" + firs.replace(/ /g, "_");
        //alert(document.location.hash);
    }

 //jQuery to call above function after page loads

  $(document).ready(function () {
      buildLin(2);
  });

Don't forget to add http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js on your page ​

Upvotes: 0

Widor
Widor

Reputation: 13275

You could avoid a query string altogether by using POST instead of GET.

Upvotes: -2

d4rkpr1nc3
d4rkpr1nc3

Reputation: 1827

Use history.replaceState({}, "Title", "page.html");

same syntax for pushState. However you will have to find a way to make IE understand that.

A better way would be to use Apache mod_rewrite module. It's quite easy to use.

Upvotes: 3

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943480

That is achievable in modern browsers using the history api, but probably isn't the best solution to your problem.

history.replaceState({}, 'some title', '/');

It sounds like you would be better off processing the data and then redirecting to the homepage instead of returning an HTML document directly.

Since you aren't wanting to keep the URL around, it won't be useful for bookmarking, so it is quite likely you would be better off making a POST request.

This suggests that you should be using the POST-Redirect-GET pattern.

Upvotes: 20

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