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title: Location Reload Method
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---
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## Location Reload Method
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JavaScript `Location.reload()` method provides means to reload the page at current URL.
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The syntax is the following:
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`object.reload(forcedReload);`, where `forceReload` is an optional parameter.
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To simply reload the page, you can input `window.location` as object.
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Optional parameters `force reload` is a boolean value, which if set to:
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* `True` reloads the page from the server (e.g. does not store the data cached by the browser):
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```
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window.location.reload(true);
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```
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* `False` reloads the page using the version of the page cached by the browser.
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```
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window.location.reload(false);
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```
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`False` is the default parameter, so if left blank, `object.reload()` reloads the page using the broswer's cached data, i.e. is identical to using the method as `object.reload(false)`.
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To create the effect of browser-provided "Refresh"-option, you may want to create HTML-button and do either of the following:
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* attach `Location.reload()` to the HTML button-markup, like this:
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```
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<input type="button" value="Refresh Button" onClick="window.location.reload()">
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```
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* assign on-click event to the button with the function that uses the method, where the button looks similar to
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```
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<button type="button" onClick="reloadThePage()">Refresh!</button>
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```
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```
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<script>
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function reloadThePage(){
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window.location.reload();
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}
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</script>
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```
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### Example:
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```javascript
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// Reload the current resources from the server
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window.location.reload(true);
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// Reload the current resources from the browser's cache
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window.location.reload();
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```
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This will reload the page at the current URL from the server.
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#### More Information:
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* [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Location/reload)
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* [W3 Schools](https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_loc_reload.asp)
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