Location: protocol property

{{ApiRef("Location")}}

The protocol property of the {{domxref("Location")}} interface is a string containing the protocol or scheme of the location's URL, 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

// Let's an <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Location.protocol"> element be in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
const result = anchor.protocol; // Returns:'https:'

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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