The location
read-only property of the WorkerGlobalScope
interface returns the WorkerLocation
associated with the worker. It is a specific location object, mostly a subset of the Location
for browsing scopes, but adapted to workers.
Syntax
var locationObj = self.location;
Value
A WorkerLocation
object.
Example
If you called the following in a document served at localhost:8000
console.log(location);
inside a worker (which would basically be the equivalent of self.console.log(self.location);
, as these are being called on the worker scope, which can be referenced with WorkerGlobalScope.self
), you will get a WorkerLocation
object written to the console — something like the following:
WorkerLocation {hash: "", search: "", pathname: "/worker.js", port: "8000", hostname: "localhost"…} hash: "" host: "localhost:8000" hostname: "localhost" href: "http://localhost:8000/worker.js" origin: "http://localhost:8000" pathname: "/worker.js" port: "8000" protocol: "http:" search: "" __proto__: WorkerLocation
You could use this location object to return more information about the document's location, as you might do with a normal Location
object.
Note: Firefox has a bug with using console.log
inside shared/service workers (see bug 1058644), which may return strange results, but this should be fixed soon.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'location' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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location | Chrome Full support 4 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 3.5 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support 11.5 | Safari Full support 4 | WebView Android Full support 37 | Chrome Android Full support 40 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support 5.1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support