## Location

A [`location` object](Glossary.md#location) is conceptually similar to [`document.location` in web browsers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/location), with a few extra goodies. `location` objects have the following properties:

```
pathname      The pathname portion of the URL, without query string
search        The query string portion of the URL, including the ?
state         An object of data tied to this location
action        One of PUSH, REPLACE, or POP
key           A unique identifier for this location
```

Support for query string parsing is provided using the [`useQueries` module](QuerySupport.md).

### Programmatic Creation

You may occasionally need to create a `location` object, either for testing or when using `history` in a stateless, non-DOM environment (i.e. a server). In these cases, you can use the `createLocation` method directly:

```js
import { createLocation } from 'history'

const location = createLocation('/a/path?a=query', { the: 'state' })
```

Alternatively, you can use a `history` object's `createLocation` method:

```js
const location = history.createLocation('/a/path?a=query', { the: 'state' })
```

`location` objects created in this way will get a default `key` property that is generated using `history.createKey()`.