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Created January 21, 2015 10:25
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redirect-to-canonical.js
if (document.querySelector("link[rel='canonical']")) {
// Get current URL
var url = document.URL;
// If query string, get it and append to current URL
if (location.search) {
var query = location.search;
} else {
var query = '';
}
// Get canonical URL
var canonical = document.querySelector("link[rel='canonical']").href;
if (url !== canonical + query) {
window.location.replace(canonical + query);
}
}
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ChriStef commented Dec 8, 2018 •
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thank you for this :)

I think this

	if (url !== canonical + query) {
		window.location.replace(canonical + query);
	}``

Should be

	if (url != canonical + query) {
		window.location.replace(canonical + query);
	}

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