files/en-us/web/api/htmlareaelement/origin/index.md
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The origin read-only property of the {{domxref("HTMLAreaElement")}} interface returns a string containing the Unicode serialization of the origin of the <area> element's href.
The exact structure varies depending on the type of URL:
ftp:, http:, https:, ws:, and wss: schemes, the {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.protocol", "protocol")}} followed by //, followed by the {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.host", "host")}}. Same as host, the {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.port", "port")}} is only included if it's not the default for the protocol.file: scheme, the value is browser dependent.blob: scheme, the origin of the URL following blob:, but only if that URL uses the http:, https:, or file: scheme. For example, blob:https://mozilla.org will have https://mozilla.org.For all other cases, the string "null" is returned.
See {{domxref("URL.origin")}} for more information.
A string.
// An <area id="myArea" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.origin; // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org'
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