Get current URL

[Alexandre-Georges]

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to get the current (parametrized) URL.
Using : Router.current().route.name is a bit too complicated for what I would like to do.

Thanks

[lukejagodzinski]

Router.current().path

[Alexandre-Georges]

Simple enough. Thanks.

[hipertracker]

But how to pass Router.current().path to the template?

Template.navbar.currentPath =  function () { 
    return Router.current().path;
};

does not work because Router is null. It is available later. That template binding is working BEFORE the Router object is available. How to sync it?

I only found an ugly workaround like that:

Template.navbar.currentPath =  function () { 
    return Router && Router.current() && Router.current().path;
};

[rubencodes]

Hi, this Router.current().path suggestion didn't work for me on the latest meteor/iron-router; I was able to get by using Router.current().url, however this seems to alternate inconsistently between displaying a full url and only the path depending on how I arrive on the page. Is there any new, consistent method I'm not aware of? Thanks.

[swennemans]

hi @rubencodes try:

Router.current().route.getName() 

It will give you the name of route :) Hope this helps.

[radiegtya]

or you can simply using

window.location.pathname 

it will have same result with old iron router

Router.current().path

[Alexandre-Georges]

@radiegtya

It depends when you use it, if you call window.location in the onAfter method, the URL you get is the one displayed in your browser. Not the currently processed route's, the browser URL is replaced when all hook functions have been executed.

However if you use Iron.Location.get().path you get the path of the current route wherever you execute it.

As @rubencodes noticed there are some inconsistencies with Router.current().path which have been spotted by the Iron team. Now I only use Iron.Location.get().path that is far more reliable.

[radiegtya]

@Alexandre-Georges

Awesome, I am looking for this solution in iron router doc, and cannot find about this

Iron.Location.get().path

So I change all of my current code to window.location.path.

Thanks for the awesome answer

[monbro]

According to my answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21091868/meteor-breadcrumb/27426970#27426970 you can do: Router.current().route.path(this); within a helper method for a template.

[aramk]

Iron.Location.get().path seems to be the best way, since Router.current().url gives the full URL including the server hostname - but only sometimes. I've had to use .replace(/\w+:\/\/[^\/]+/, '').

[simakwm]

What about server code? How can I get current path and params? :/

[Nullpo]

Hi! There is any way to get the actual URL in a template? Or I have to create a custom helper for that?

[endows]

I have not value

Router.current().path

I had get current url this command.

Router.current().url

[dongaj]

Use This :
within a helper with this template Object Name
Router.current().route.path(this)

[micktaiwan]

As it is not consistent between localhost and my server, this is my solution:

getUrl = function() {
  let url = Router.current().url;
  if(url.slice(0, 4) !== 'http')
    url = Meteor.absoluteUrl() + url.slice(1, url.length);
  return url;
};