HTML | DOM Location hostname Property

The Location hostname property in HTML is used to return the hostname of the current URL. The Location hostname property returns a string which contains the domain name, or the IP address of a URL.

Syntax:

It returns the hostname property.
```
location.hostname
```
It is used to set the hostname property.
```
location.hostname = hostname
```

Below program illustrates the Location hostname property in HTML:

Example:

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

Output:

After click on the button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by Location hostname property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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