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## iron-location
The iron-location elements manage bindings to and from the current URL and query
parameters.
See: [Documentation](https://www.webcomponents.org/element/@polymer/iron-location),
[iron-location demo](https://www.webcomponents.org/element/@polymer/iron-location/demo/demo/index.html),
[iron-query-params demo](https://www.webcomponents.org/element/@polymer/iron-location/demo/demo/iron-query-params.html).
### <iron-location>
The `iron-location` element manages binding to and from the current URL.
### <iron-query-params>
The `iron-query-params` element manages serialization and parsing of query
parameter strings.
## Usage
### Installation
```
npm install --save @polymer/iron-location
```
### In an html file
##### <iron-location>
```html
```
#### <iron-query-params>
```html
```
### In a Polymer 3 element
##### <iron-location>
```js
import {PolymerElement, html} from '@polymer/polymer';
import '@polymer/iron-location/iron-location.js';
class SampleElement extends PolymerElement {
static get template() {
return html`
`;
}
}
customElements.define('sample-element', SampleElement);
```
#### <iron-query-params>
```js
import {PolymerElement, html} from '@polymer/polymer';
import '@polymer/iron-location/iron-location.js';
import '@polymer/iron-location/iron-query-params.js';
class SampleElement extends PolymerElement {
static get template() {
return html`
`;
}
}
customElements.define('sample-element', SampleElement);
```
## Contributing
If you want to send a PR to this element, here are
the instructions for running the tests and demo locally:
### Installation
```sh
git clone https://github.com/PolymerElements/iron-location
cd iron-location
npm install
npm install -g polymer-cli
```
### Running the demo locally
```sh
polymer serve --npm
open http://127.0.0.1:/demo/
```
### Running the tests
```sh
polymer test --npm
```