# Browser URL

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-url/271499>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-url/271499 "2008-09-23T19:47:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![sceneshift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-url/271499/1 "2008-09-23T19:47:37Z")

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Hey guys,

Is there a way to get the current browser url in actionscript? this.url returns the location of the swf file, but I literally want to grab whatever is in the address bar. The adobe docs recommend using BrowserManager, but I can’t seem to get this to return a valid url string?