Get the URL of the first link (index 0) in the document:
var x = document.links.item(0).href;
Click the button to display the URL of the first link (index 0) in the document.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <img src ="image1.png" width="145" height="126" alt="Circle" usemap ="#myFlagMap"> <map name="myFlagMap"> <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,30,30" href="https://java2s.com" alt="Site"> <area shape="circle" coords="90,58,30" href="https://java2s.com" alt="Web"> <area shape="circle" coords="50,50,40" href="https://www.java2s.com" alt="Target"> </map>// w w w. j a va 2 s .c o m <p> <a href="https://java2s.com">HTML</a><br> <a href="https://java2s.com">CSS</a> </p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.links.item(0).href; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>