Window location.origin
Example
Get the protocol, hostname and port number of the URL:
let origin = location.origin;
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Description
The origin property returns the protocol, hostname and port number of a URL.
The origin property is read-only.
Note
If the port number is not in the URL, or if it is a default port like 80 (Http), or 443 (https), some browsers will not display the port number.
Syntax
location.origin
Return Value
| Type | Description |
| A string | 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. |
Browser Support
location.origin is supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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