# Document: URL property



The **`URL`** read-only property of the [Document](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document)
interface returns the document location as a string.

## Value

A string containing the URL of the document.

## Examples

### JavaScript

```js
document.getElementById("url").textContent = document.URL;
```

### HTML

```html
<p id="urlText">
  URL:<br />
  <span id="url">URL goes here</span>
</p>
```

### Result

## Specifications

## Browser compatibility

## See also

- The [document.documentURI](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document/documentURI) property which returns the same value.