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location: host property

The host property of the Location interface is a string containing the host, that is the hostname, and then, if the port of the URL is nonempty, a ':', and the port of the URL.

Value

A string.

Examples

js

const anchor = document.createElement("a");

anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Location.host";
console.log(anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org");

anchor.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org:443/en-US/Location.host";
console.log(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/Location.host";
console.log(anchor.host === "developer.mozilla.org:4097");

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
host 1 12 1 3 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/host