HTMLAnchorElement: hostname property

The HTMLAnchorElement.hostname property is a string containing the domain of the URL.

Value

A string.

Examples

js

// An <a id="myAnchor" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
anchor.hostname; // returns 'developer.mozilla.org'

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-hyperlink-hostname-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also