# Eventlistener for URL change

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-for-url-change/296325>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 13, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-for-url-change/296325 "2009-09-13T16:23:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![inf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@inf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/inf)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eventlistener-for-url-change/296325/1 "2009-09-13T16:23:05Z")

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hi everyone,

I tried to create an eventlistener which listens the browser url text and if it changes calls a function.  
I tried in this way but it didn’t work.

var link = document.location.href;  
link.addEventListener(‘change’,changeEvent,false);

function changeEvent(e) {  
alert(‘url changed’);  
}

can anyone help me on this?