HTMLAreaElement: protocol property

{{ApiRef("HTML DOM")}}

The protocol property of the {{domxref("HTMLAreaElement")}} interface is a string containing the protocol or scheme of the <area> element's href, including the final ":".

This property can be set to change the protocol of the URL. A ":" is appended to the provided string if not provided. The provided scheme has to be compatible with the rest of the URL to be considered valid.

See {{domxref("URL.protocol")}} for more information.

Value

A string.

Examples

Getting the protocol of an area link

// An <area id="myArea" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.protocol; // returns 'https:'

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• The {{domxref("HTMLAreaElement")}} interface it belongs to.