Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Anchor origin Property

The origin property returns the protocol, hostname and port number of the href attribute value.

This property is read-only.

Browser Support


`origin`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

anchorObject.origin

Return Value

A String representing the protocol, the domain name or IP address and port number of the URL.

Example

The following code shows how to get the protocol, hostname and port number of a link.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<p><a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.example.com:1234/test.htm#part2">Example link</a></p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").origin;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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