Liquid markup to detect current page URL?

Question

I've just recently started using Github to host my blog (using Jekyll and Liquid). However, I'm having an issue which I can't currently fix. The issue could be hacked/solved if I was able to detect which "page" or "url" the user was visiting.

Something like:

{% if user_is_currently_at_this_url %}
    {{ display something }}
{% else %}
    {{ display something else }}
{% endif %}

Is this possible? Is there any other way around this issue?

`page.url` or `{{ page.url | absolute_url }}` in case you want to get absolute URL — Gayan Weerakutti, Jun 19 '19 at 16:31

score 47 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '14 at 22:14

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page.url is the URL of the current page, without the host (e.g. /index.html), as documented in Page Variables. So, in this case:

{% if page.url == "/index.html" %}
   something
{% else %}
   other thing
{% endif %}

(However, I don't think you need this any more, your other problem is probably solved. :) )

edited Jun 09 '14 at 22:14

Denilson Sá Maia

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answered Mar 23 '12 at 03:23

huon

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Yes to my problem being already solved, but thank you for this :) – Mar 23 '12 at 03:26
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`page.path` might be better as illustrated at https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-help/issues/5#issuecomment-39033862 – koppor Jan 26 '16 at 19:39
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This doesn't work for 404 redirects on github pages :( – Mar 29 '16 at 22:40
@LegoStormtroopr did you happen to find any solution for that? – cregox Sep 04 '16 at 01:43
Sadly, no I did not :( – Sep 04 '16 at 22:52
This might not always return the browser's current URL. In the case of a 404, for example, the user's browser could be pointed to one URL (site.com/page/that/does/not/exist) but the rendered page's URL or path could be different (404.html, say) – VCavallo Aug 07 '18 at 16:08

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '22 at 19:56

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You could use {{ canonical_url }}

answered Mar 28 '22 at 19:56

Lucas Paiano

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Liquid markup to detect current page URL?

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