How to grab part of URL using bookmarklet

Question

Currently I have this bookmarklet:

javascript:currentUrl=document.location.href;document.location.assign(currentUrl+'embed');

What this does is that it grabs the current URL www.example.com/knZg_INW8fL/ and adds embed behind it so it can be embeded

However, sometimes, the URL will have a ?hl=en behind it. How can I remove that and simultaneously add embed behind it?

It is. What have you tried so far? Where are you getting stuck? — esqew, Oct 08 '19 at 20:29
I am so sorry, I realize that I didn't explain my question properly and have edited it. @esqew — wolnavi, Oct 08 '19 at 20:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '19 at 20:35

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the random chars will not have ? because it is a special character. the easiest way is to split the string on ? and take the first part!

If you also want to remove the last '/' from the string, you can slice it off

javascript:document.location.assign(document.location.href.split('?')[0].slice(0,-1));

console.log('www.example.com/knZg_INW8fL/?hl=en'.split('?')[0].slice(0,-1));

answered Oct 08 '19 at 20:35

Dhananjai Pai

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Thank you, this is what I am looking for... And so sorry for the confusing question earlier on. Thumbs up to you for understanding my question even though it was so confusing – wolnavi Oct 08 '19 at 20:53

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