Get the first part of a url path

var first = $(location).attr('pathname');

first.indexOf(1);

first.toLowerCase();

first = first.split("/")[1];

alert(first);

try to use first.split('/') so you will end up with an array of strings like

['http:' ,'',  'localhost:53830' ,  'Organisations' ,  '1216' ,  'View' ]

then find the one the is right after localhost:53830

This will never throw an error because pathname always starts with a /, so the minimum length of the resulting array will be two after splitting:

const firstPath = location.pathname.split('/')[1];

If we are at the domain root, the returned value will be an empty string ''

const path = location.pathname.split('/');

path = [
  '', 
  'questions', 
  '8082239', 
  'get-the-first-part-of-a-url-path', 
  '8082346'
];

You can use URL

const first = new URL(location.href).pathname.split("/")[1]

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