How to get request uri from location.href in javascript?

location.pathname.substr(1) would that be.

The location object has a pathname property.

This will give you /questions/ask and to remove the first character, use substring(1):

var path = location.pathname.substring(1);

You can use location.pathname.substring(1)

var uri = window.location.href.substr(window.location.protocol.length + window.location.hostname.length + 2);

This code also includes GET and HASHTAGS (basically everything after hostname)

If you need the query params you can use:

var path = (window.location.pathname+window.location.search).substr(1);

If you need access to the hash as well you can use:

var path = (window.location.href.replace(window.location.origin, '')).substr(1);