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I want to get community base url in my lightning component without apex. Right now I am using the design component to store the value but that is not optimal as I have multiple page references and typing each of them in the community builder is really hard and error prone.










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    I want to get community base url in my lightning component without apex. Right now I am using the design component to store the value but that is not optimal as I have multiple page references and typing each of them in the community builder is really hard and error prone.










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      I want to get community base url in my lightning component without apex. Right now I am using the design component to store the value but that is not optimal as I have multiple page references and typing each of them in the community builder is really hard and error prone.







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          Yes, you can retrieve the current page url in your JavaScript controller. And set the value of attribute in your component for later use according to your requirement.



          Component



           <aura:attribute name="cbaseURL" type="String"/>


          JS Controller



           var urlString = window.location.href;
          var baseURL = urlString.substring(0, urlString.indexOf("/s"));
          component.set("v.cbaseURL", baseURL);


          Hope this helps.



          EDIT:



          As RedDevil highlighted that using window.location can create issues with Microsoft browsers. I tend to search a bit and find out interesting result. So I'd like to all the readers must go through this stackoverflow link to read about the details and use whatever suits you best.



          However the widely accepted answer says:




          document.location is a synonym for window.location that has been
          deprecated for almost as long as JavaScript has existed. Don't use it.



          location is a structured object, with properties corresponding to the
          parts of the URL. location.href is the whole URL in a single string.
          Assigning a string to either is defined to cause the same kind of
          navigation, so take your pick.



          I consider writing to location.href = something to be marginally
          better as it's slightly more explicit about what it's doing. You
          generally want to avoid just location = something as it looks
          misleadingly like a variable assignment. window.location = something
          is fine though.







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            use document.location instead of window.location since this has issues in Microsoft browsers.

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          Yes, you can retrieve the current page url in your JavaScript controller. And set the value of attribute in your component for later use according to your requirement.



          Component



           <aura:attribute name="cbaseURL" type="String"/>


          JS Controller



           var urlString = window.location.href;
          var baseURL = urlString.substring(0, urlString.indexOf("/s"));
          component.set("v.cbaseURL", baseURL);


          Hope this helps.



          EDIT:



          As RedDevil highlighted that using window.location can create issues with Microsoft browsers. I tend to search a bit and find out interesting result. So I'd like to all the readers must go through this stackoverflow link to read about the details and use whatever suits you best.



          However the widely accepted answer says:




          document.location is a synonym for window.location that has been
          deprecated for almost as long as JavaScript has existed. Don't use it.



          location is a structured object, with properties corresponding to the
          parts of the URL. location.href is the whole URL in a single string.
          Assigning a string to either is defined to cause the same kind of
          navigation, so take your pick.



          I consider writing to location.href = something to be marginally
          better as it's slightly more explicit about what it's doing. You
          generally want to avoid just location = something as it looks
          misleadingly like a variable assignment. window.location = something
          is fine though.







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            use document.location instead of window.location since this has issues in Microsoft browsers.

            – RedDevil
            Nov 14 '18 at 16:45
















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          Yes, you can retrieve the current page url in your JavaScript controller. And set the value of attribute in your component for later use according to your requirement.



          Component



           <aura:attribute name="cbaseURL" type="String"/>


          JS Controller



           var urlString = window.location.href;
          var baseURL = urlString.substring(0, urlString.indexOf("/s"));
          component.set("v.cbaseURL", baseURL);


          Hope this helps.



          EDIT:



          As RedDevil highlighted that using window.location can create issues with Microsoft browsers. I tend to search a bit and find out interesting result. So I'd like to all the readers must go through this stackoverflow link to read about the details and use whatever suits you best.



          However the widely accepted answer says:




          document.location is a synonym for window.location that has been
          deprecated for almost as long as JavaScript has existed. Don't use it.



          location is a structured object, with properties corresponding to the
          parts of the URL. location.href is the whole URL in a single string.
          Assigning a string to either is defined to cause the same kind of
          navigation, so take your pick.



          I consider writing to location.href = something to be marginally
          better as it's slightly more explicit about what it's doing. You
          generally want to avoid just location = something as it looks
          misleadingly like a variable assignment. window.location = something
          is fine though.







          share|improve this answer





















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            use document.location instead of window.location since this has issues in Microsoft browsers.

            – RedDevil
            Nov 14 '18 at 16:45














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          Yes, you can retrieve the current page url in your JavaScript controller. And set the value of attribute in your component for later use according to your requirement.



          Component



           <aura:attribute name="cbaseURL" type="String"/>


          JS Controller



           var urlString = window.location.href;
          var baseURL = urlString.substring(0, urlString.indexOf("/s"));
          component.set("v.cbaseURL", baseURL);


          Hope this helps.



          EDIT:



          As RedDevil highlighted that using window.location can create issues with Microsoft browsers. I tend to search a bit and find out interesting result. So I'd like to all the readers must go through this stackoverflow link to read about the details and use whatever suits you best.



          However the widely accepted answer says:




          document.location is a synonym for window.location that has been
          deprecated for almost as long as JavaScript has existed. Don't use it.



          location is a structured object, with properties corresponding to the
          parts of the URL. location.href is the whole URL in a single string.
          Assigning a string to either is defined to cause the same kind of
          navigation, so take your pick.



          I consider writing to location.href = something to be marginally
          better as it's slightly more explicit about what it's doing. You
          generally want to avoid just location = something as it looks
          misleadingly like a variable assignment. window.location = something
          is fine though.







          share|improve this answer















          Yes, you can retrieve the current page url in your JavaScript controller. And set the value of attribute in your component for later use according to your requirement.



          Component



           <aura:attribute name="cbaseURL" type="String"/>


          JS Controller



           var urlString = window.location.href;
          var baseURL = urlString.substring(0, urlString.indexOf("/s"));
          component.set("v.cbaseURL", baseURL);


          Hope this helps.



          EDIT:



          As RedDevil highlighted that using window.location can create issues with Microsoft browsers. I tend to search a bit and find out interesting result. So I'd like to all the readers must go through this stackoverflow link to read about the details and use whatever suits you best.



          However the widely accepted answer says:




          document.location is a synonym for window.location that has been
          deprecated for almost as long as JavaScript has existed. Don't use it.



          location is a structured object, with properties corresponding to the
          parts of the URL. location.href is the whole URL in a single string.
          Assigning a string to either is defined to cause the same kind of
          navigation, so take your pick.



          I consider writing to location.href = something to be marginally
          better as it's slightly more explicit about what it's doing. You
          generally want to avoid just location = something as it looks
          misleadingly like a variable assignment. window.location = something
          is fine though.








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          use document.location instead of window.location since this has issues in Microsoft browsers.

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