HTML DOM Anchor pathname Property

Last Updated : 02 Jan, 2024

The Anchor pathname Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the path name part of the href attribute value.

Syntax:

It returns the pathname property.
```
anchorObject.pathname
```
It is used to set the pathname property.
```
anchorObject.pathname = path
```

Property Values: It contains the value i.e. path which specify the path name of the URL.

Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the path name of the URL.

Example 1: This example returns the path name of the URL.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Anchor pathname Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>DOM Anchor pathname Property</h2>
 
    <p>Welcome to
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/test.html"
            id="GFG" rel="nofollow" target="_self">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
 
    <p id="sudo"></p>
 
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("GFG").pathname;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
        } 
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

anchor-pathname

Example 2: This example sets the path name of the URL.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Anchor pathname Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>DOM Anchor pathname Property</h2>
 
    <p>Welcome to
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/test.html"
            id="GFG" rel="nofollow" target="_self">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
 
    <p id="sudo"></p>
 
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("GFG")
                .pathname = 'geeks.html';
                 
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML 
                = "The pathname is changed to " + x;
        } 
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>