HTMLAnchorElement: protocol property

The protocol property of the HTMLAnchorElement 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 URL.protocol for more information.

Value

A string.

Examples

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

Specifications

See also