The DOM Location origin Property in HTML is used to return the protocol, hostname and port number of a URL. This is a read-only property.
Syntax:
location.origin
Return Value: This method returns a String value representing the protocol, the domain name (or IP address) and port number. The URL’s having the ‘file://’ protocol may return different values depending on the browser.
Note: Some browsers may not display the port number.
Below examples illustrate the above method:
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>DOM Location Origin Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<b>DOM Location Origin Property</b>
<p>
Click on the button to get the location
origin of the page:
</p>
<button onclick="getOrigin();">
Get Location Origin
</button>
<p>The location origin of this page is:</p>
<div class="location"></div>
<script>
function getOrigin() {
let loc = location.origin;
document.querySelector('.location')
.innerHTML = loc;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Location origin property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 8.0
- Edge 12.0
- Internet Explorer 11.0
- Firefox 21.0
- Opera 15.0
- Safari 5.1
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Last Updated :
05 Jul, 2022
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