Anchor origin Property

Example

Return the protocol, hostname and port number of a link:

var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").origin;

Description

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

Note: If the port number is not specified in the URL (or if it is the scheme's default port - like 80, or 443), some browsers will not display the port number.

Note: This property is read-only.

Browser Support

Property
origin	Yes	Not supported	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

anchorObject.origin

Technical Details

Return Value:	A String, representing the protocol (including ://), the domain name (or IP address) and port number (including the colon sign (:) of the URL. For URL's using the file: protocol, the return value differs between browsers

JavaScript reference: location.origin Property