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Web API URL.protocol Property

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The Web API URL.protocol property is used to get USVString containing the protocol scheme of the URL. 

Syntax:

var str = URL.protocol

Return Value: This property returns a USVString containing the protocol scheme of the URL.

Example 1:

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <button onclick="get()">
        Click on Me!
    </button>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function get() {
            var url = new URL(
'https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/GeeksforGeeks');

            console.log(
                "protocol of current URL is :",
                url.protocol);
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Example 2:

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <div id="abc"></div>

    <br><br>
    <button onclick="get()">
        Click on Me!
    </button>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function get() {
            var url = new URL(
'https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/GeeksforGeeks');

            a = document.getElementById("abc");

            a.innerHTML = 
                "protocol of current URL is : " 
                + url.protocol;
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers:

  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Firefox

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