javascript - Change the URL on page refresh

Question

I m currently on a page

www.example123.com/search?error=1

. On page refresh, the page should be loaded with the following url.

www.example123.com/search

or

www.example123.com/search?error=

How to do this in js or jQuery? The solution should work in all major browsers.

Answer 1

I did it using unload event. This event will be called when a page is refreshed.

$(window).unload(function() {
     var currentURL = window.location.href;
     var index = currentURL.indexOf("?error=");
     if(index > -1) {
         window.location.href = currentURL.substring(0, index);
     }
});

Then the page will be refreshed with the new URL.

Let me know if this will not work in any case.

Note: It doesnt work in chrome. How to make it work in chrome?