# URL format for finding a location in WB?

**URL:** <https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/url-format-for-finding-a-location-in-wb/4727>\
**Category:** WormBase\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/url-format-for-finding-a-location-in-wb/4727 "2013-09-25T20:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dolphin](https://community.alliancegenome.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dolphin](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/Dolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/url-format-for-finding-a-location-in-wb/4727/1 "2013-09-25T20:14:18Z")

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How do I format the URL to open a browser and go straight to the correct web page  
in wormbase starting with just the location, e.g. “IV:12268375…12268988”?

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**Author:** ![Snug](https://community.alliancegenome.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Snug](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/Snug)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/url-format-for-finding-a-location-in-wb/4727/2 "2013-09-25T21:25:27Z")

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What do you mean by correct web page? Are you talking about the genome browser?

Like… [http://www.wormbase.org/tools/genome/gbrowse/c\_elegans/?name=IV:12268375..12268988](http://www.wormbase.org/tools/genome/gbrowse/c_elegans/?name=IV:12268375..12268988) ?

Or, are you trying to navigate to a gene (page) whose coordinates map to that location? I don’t think the latter is possible (please WB Team correct me if I’m wrong). If you have a ton of data that uses coordinates like that, you’re better off playing with WormMine and Excel, converting your coordinates to WB Gene #s (ie. WBGene00166374) and just build a URL with the WB gene number after (ie. [http://www.wormbase.org/species/c\_elegans/gene/WBGene00166374](http://www.wormbase.org/species/c_elegans/gene/WBGene00166374)).

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**Author:** ![Dolphin](https://community.alliancegenome.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dolphin](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/Dolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/url-format-for-finding-a-location-in-wb/4727/3 "2013-09-26T09:32:28Z")

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The former - thanks that’s what I was after.