HTML DOM Location host Property

The Location Host property in HTML is used to sets or return the hostname and port of a URL. The Location Hash property doesn’t return the port number if it is not specified in the URL.

Syntax:

It returns the host property.

location.host

It is used to set the host property.

location.host = hostname:port

Property Value:

hostname:port: It contains a string value that defines the hostname and portnumber of a URL.

Return Value: A String, representing the domain name and port number, or the IP address of a URL

Example: The below program illustrates the Location host Property in HTML:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>DOM Location host Property</title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM Location host Property</h2>
    <p>
        For returning the hostname and port
        of the current URL, double-click the
        "Return Hostname" button:
    </p>
    <button ondblclick="myhost()">
        Return Hostname
    </button>
    <p id="host"></p>
    <script>
        function myhost() {
            let h = location.host;
            document.getElementById("host").innerHTML = h;
        }
    </script>
</body>
   
</html>