Use jQuery to find pathname of URL where default documents are used on the server and no filename is shown

Question

Is it possible to use jQuery to find the current url's filename (path) when a default document (or possibly mvc routing) is used and there is no filename in the address bar?

I am using jQuery to build a navigation system and I have it comparing the current URL to each nav item to determine if it is the selected item. I've seen a lot of answers about getting file info, but I haven't been able to get a difinitive answer if this is able to be done when there is no filename showing.

EXAMPLE: "www.mysite.com" -- this url/page could be: index.html, default.aspx, default.asp, index.htm, etc.

This is needed so I can see what nav link should be highlighted on the default page. Thanks.

Answer 1

The information is just not available at all, jQuery or no jQuery. The site responds however it wants. Some might do an explicit redirect, I guess, but it's pretty hard (if possible at all) to track that client-side.

Of course, if you control the server, then your server can obviously instrument the outgoing pages however it wants.