[Home](./index.md) > [@firebase/database](./database.md) > [Query](./database.query.md) > [toString](./database.query.tostring.md) ## Query.toString() method Gets the absolute URL for this location. The `toString()` method returns a URL that is ready to be put into a browser, curl command, or a `refFromURL()` call. Since all of those expect the URL to be url-encoded, `toString()` returns an encoded URL. Append '.json' to the returned URL when typed into a browser to download JSON-formatted data. If the location is secured (that is, not publicly readable), you will get a permission-denied error. Signature: ```typescript toString(): string; ``` Returns: string The absolute URL for this location.