HTML DOM Location hostname Property

The Location hostname property returns/sets the hostname for the URL path.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning value of the hostname property

location.hostname

Value of the hostname property set

location.hostname = hostname

Example

Let us see an example for Location hostname property −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Location hostname</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Location-hostname</legend>
<label for="urlSelect">Current URL:</label>
<input type="url" size="27" id="urlSelect" value="https://www.example.com:2544">
<input type="button" onclick="getHostname()" value="Get Hostname">
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var urlSelect = document.getElementById("urlSelect");
   function getHostname(){
      divDisplay.textContent = 'Hostname: '+location.hostname;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Before clicking ‘Get Hostname’ button −

HTML DOM Location hostname Property

After clicking ‘Get Hostname’ button −

HTML DOM Location hostname Property