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HTMLAnchorElement: password property

The HTMLAnchorElement.password property is a string containing the password specified before the domain name.

If it is set without first setting the username property, it silently fails.

Value

A string.

Examples

js

// An <a id="myAnchor" href="https://anonymous:[email protected]/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement"> is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementByID("myAnchor");
anchor.password; // returns 'flabada'

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
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password 32 79 26 No 19 10 4.4.3 32 26 19 10 2.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/password