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=
target="_self">
</map>
<img src=
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>
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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=
target="_self">
</map>
<img src=
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>
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Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Safari