files/en-us/web/api/htmlanchorelement/host/index.md
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The host property of the {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement")}} interface is a string containing the host, which is the {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.hostname", "hostname")}}, and then, if the {{glossary("port")}} of the URL is nonempty, a ":", followed by the {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.port", "port")}} of the URL. If the URL does not have a hostname, this property contains an empty string, "".
See {{domxref("URL.host")}} for more information.
A string.
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";
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