The HTMLAnchorElement.host property is a string containing the host, that is the hostname, and then, if the port of the URL is nonempty, a ':', and the port of the URL.
HTMLAnchorElement: host property
Value
A string.
Examples
js
const anchor = document.createElement("a");
anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement";
anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org";
anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org:443/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement";
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/HTMLAnchorElement";
anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org:4097";
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-hyperlink-host-dev |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
host |
1 | 12 | 1 |
5.5In Internet Explorer 9, the host of an<a> always include the port (e.g. developer.mozilla.org:443), even if there is no explicit port in the href attribute value.
|
15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
See also
- The
HTMLAnchorElementinterface it belongs to.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/host