How do I grab any segment from URL using Javascript?

Question

I have a URL : http://localhost:8080/school/teacher/reports/chapter-quiz/student

Getting the last segment, I just need to do this

var lastSegment = location.pathname.split('/').pop();

But how do I grab the one next to the last one ? chapter-quiz

Answer 1

I'd say something like this?

var segments      = location.pathname.split('/');
secondLastSegment = segments[segments.length - 2];

Answer 2

Split the segments

var pathArray = window.location.pathname.split( '/' );

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Create Variables

• var segment_1 = pathArray[1];
• var segment_2 = pathArray[2];
• var segment_3 = pathArray[3];
• var segment_4 = pathArray[4];

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Use it

console.log(segment_4) --> chapter-quiz

Answer 3

you can use this

var t = window.location.pathname.split("/")
t.pop();
t.pop();
t.pop();

Answer 4

This function will return a specific part of the path, counting from the end.
pathFromEnd(url, 0) returns the last part, pathFromEnd(url, 1) returns the penultimate part, and so on... It understands url syntax: with/without protocol, trailing slash, parameters...

 function pathFromEnd(url, pos) { return url.match(new RegExp("^(?:.*?:\\\\/\\\\/)?[^\\\\/]*(?:\\\\/([^\\\\/?]*))*?(?:\\\\/[^\\\\/?]*){" + pos + "}\\\\/?(?:\\\\?.*)?$"))[1]; } alert(pathFromEnd("http://localhost:8080/school/teacher/reports/chapter-quiz/student", 1)); alert(pathFromEnd("localhost:8080/school/teacher/reports/chapter-quiz/student/", 1)); alert(pathFromEnd("www.example.com/school/teacher/reports/chapter-quiz/student?a=b", 1));