HTML | DOM Link href Property

Last Updated : 22 Aug, 2022

The HTML | DOM Link href Property is used to set or return the URL of a Linked Document.

Syntax:

It return the href property.

linkObject.href

It is used to Set the href property.

linkObject.href = URL

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

absolute URL: It points to another website.
relative URL: It points to a file within a website

Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the URL of the Linked document.

Example-1: This Example returns a href Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link id="linkid" 
          rel="stylesheet"
          type="text/css" 
          href="styles.css" 
          sizes="16*16"
          hreflang="en-us">
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM Link href Property</h2>
    <button onclick="gfg()">Get URL
    </button>
    <p id="pid" 
       style="font-size:25px;
              color:green;">
      </p>
    <script>
        function gfg() {
 
            // return Link href Property
            var NEW = document.getElementById(
                "linkid").href;
            document.getElementById(
                "pid").innerHTML = NEW;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2: This Example sets the href Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link id="linkid" 
          rel="stylesheet"
          type="text/css" 
          href="styles.css" 
          sizes="16*16"
          hreflang="en-us">
</head>
<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM Link href Property</h2>
    <button onclick="gfg()">Get URL
    </button>
    <p id="pid" 
       style="font-size:25px;
              color:green;">
      </p>
    <script>
        function gfg() {
 
            // Setting Link href Property
            var NEW = document.getElementById(
                "linkid").href = "style3.css";
           
            document.getElementById(
                "pid").innerHTML = 
              "The value of the href attribute"+
              " was changed to " + NEW;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>