HTML DOM Area protocol Property

Last Updated : 22 Jun, 2023

The Area protocol property in HTML is used to return the protocol or set the protocol of the current URL. It returns a string that contains the protocol part of the current URL, including the colon (:).

Syntax:

It returns the Area protocol property.

 areaObject.protocol

It is used to set the Area protocol property.

areaObject.protocol = protocol

Property Values: This method accepts single value protocol of string type. It is used to set the protocol of the URL. The possible value of protocol is- file:, ftp:, http:, https: etc.

Return Value: It returns a string that contains the protocol part of the current URL, including the colon (:).

Example 1: This example returns the Area protocol Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Area protocol Property
    </title>
</head>
   
<body>
    <h4> HTML DOM Area protocol Property </h4>
    <button onclick="GFG()">
          Click Here!
    </button>
    <map name="Geeks1">
        <area id="Geeks" shape="rect"
              coords="0, 0, 110, 100"
              alt="Geeks"
              href=
"https://manaschhabra:manaschhabra499@www.geeksforgeeks.org:80"
              target="_self">
    </map>
 
    <img src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/a1-25.png"
         width="300" height="100"
         alt="Geeksforgeeks"
         usemap="#Geeks1">
    <br>
    <p id="GEEK!"></p>
 
    <script>
        function GFG() {
 
            // Return protocol property.
            let x = 
            document.getElementById("Geeks").protocol;
            document.getElementById("GEEK!").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Example 2: This example sets the Area protocol property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Area protocol Property
    </title>
</head>
   
<body>
    <h4> HTML DOM Area protocol Property </h4>
    <button onclick="GFG()">
      Click Here!
    </button>
    <map name="Geeks1">
        <area id="Geeks" shape="rect"
              coords="0, 0, 110, 100"
              alt="Geeks"
              href=
"https://manaschhabra:manaschhabra499@www.geeksforgeeks.org:80/"
              target="_self">
    </map>
    <img src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/a1-25.png"
         width="300" height="100"
         alt="Geeksforgeeks"
         usemap="#Geeks1">
    <br>
    <p id="GEEK!"></p>
 
    <script>
        function GFG() {
 
            // Set protocol property.
            let x = 
            document.getElementById("Geeks").protocol = "ftp:";
            document.getElementById("GEEK!").innerHTML =
                "The protocol has been changed to " + x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>