The HTMLAnchorElement.username property is a string containing the username specified before the domain name.
HTMLAnchorElement: username property
Value
A string.
Examples
Getting the username from an anchor link
js
// An <a id="myAnchor" href="https://anonymous:flabada@developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementByID("myAnchor");
anchor.username; // returns 'anonymous'
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-hyperlink-username-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 | |
username |
32 | 79 | 26 | No | 19 | 10 | 4.4.3 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2.0 |
See also
- The
HTMLAnchorElementinterface it belongs to.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/username