web api instance property
HTMLAnchorElement: protocol property
The protocol property of the HTMLAnchorElement interface is a string containing the protocol or scheme of the <area> element’s href, including the final ":".
This property can be set to change the protocol of the URL. A ":" is appended to the provided string if not provided. The provided scheme has to be compatible with the rest of the URL to be considered valid.
See protocol for more information.
Value
A string.
Examples
Getting the protocol of an anchor link
// An <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
anchor.protocol; // returns 'https:'
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.
See also
- The
HTMLAnchorElementinterface it belongs to.