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Ashutosh Patel
Ashutosh Patel 15 May 2024
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$location Provides methods and properties for browser location manipulation. The $location service is passed to the controller as an argument. To use a service in a controller, it must be defined as a dependency.

angular.module("myApp", [])
 .controller("myController", function($scope, $location){          
      $scope.myLocation = $location.absUrl();          
 });

You can use the window.location property to find the location of the webpage but it has some limitations in Angular applications, so using the $location service is the best option for Angular applications.

Example-

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html data-ng-app="myApp">
<head>
    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible' content='IE=edge'>
    <title>ng-customFilter 2</title>
    <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1'>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
        integrity="sha384-QWTKZyjpPEjISv5WaRU9OFeRpok6YctnYmDr5pNlyT2bRjXh0JMhjY6hW+ALEwIH" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.8.2/angular.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body data-ng-controller="myController">
    <div class="container my-4">
        <div class="row">
            <!-- show location of current webpage -->
            <div class="col-12">
                <p>Using $location - <span class="fw-semibold">{{myLocation}}</span></p>


                <!-- using the window property -->
                <p>Using Window.location - <span class="fw-semibold">{{winLocation}}</span></p>              
            </div>      
        </div>
    </div>


    <script>
        angular.module("myApp", [])
        .controller("myController", function($scope, $location){
            // return the location of webpage
            $scope.myLocation = $location.absUrl();
           
            // alternate way to find the webpage location
           $scope.winLocation = window.location;        
        });


    </script>
</body>    
</html>

Output-

Using $location - http://127.0.0.1:5500/TestFile.html
Using Window.location - http://127.0.0.1:5500/TestFile.html

I hope you have understood how to use $location service in AngularJS application.

Thank you!

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