Location: host property - Web APIs | MDN (original) (raw)

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The host property of the Location interface is a string containing the host, which is the hostname, and then, if the port of the URL is nonempty, a ":", followed by the port of the URL. If the URL does not have a hostname, this property contains an empty string, "".

See URL.host for more information.

Value

A string.

Examples

const anchor = document.createElement("a");

anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Location.host";
console.log(anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org");

anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org:443/en-US/Location.host";
console.log(anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org");
// The port number is not included because 443 is the scheme's default port

anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org:4097/en-US/Location.host";
console.log(anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org:4097");

Specifications

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