Highlight active menu item in bootstrap nav (that is just a link and not a pill or tab)

highlight.js

// highlight active menu item
	var url = window.location;
	$('ul.nav a').filter(function() {
	    return this.href == url;
	}).parent().addClass('active');
	
// alternative for use with specific parameter checking
	var url = window.location;
	$('ul.nav a').filter(function() {
			locationLink = getURLParameter('calID',url);
			menuLink		 = getURLParameter('calID',this.href);
	    return (locationLink == menuLink);
	}).parent().addClass('active');
	
function getURLParameter(name,url) {
  return decodeURIComponent((new RegExp('[?|&]' + name + '=' + '([^&;]+?)(&|#|;|$)').exec(url)||[,""])[1].replace(/\+/g, '%20'))||null
}

This will also filter on pills and tabs. To target only the navbar you should be more specific with the identifier like:
$('nav ul.navbar-nav a')