With the help of urlObject.protocol()
method, we can find the name of protocol which is used by the given hostname.
Syntax :
urlObject.protocol()
Return : Returns the protocol used (i.e. – http, https, ftp, etc.)
Example #1 : In this example, with the help of urlObject.protocol()
method we are able to extract the protocol used from the hostname.
// Importing the module 'url' const url = require( 'url' );
var adr =
// Parse the address: var q = url.parse(adr, true );
/* The parse method returns an object containing URL properties */
console.log(q.protocol); |
Output :
Example #2 :
// Importing the module 'url' const url = require( 'url' );
var adr =
// Parse the address: var q = url.parse(adr, true );
/* The parse method returns an object containing URL properties */
console.log(q.protocol); |
Output :