URL: protocol property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2016.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The protocol property of the URL interface is a string containing the protocol or scheme of the URL, 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.
Value
A string.
Examples
js
const url = new URL(
"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/protocol",
);
console.log(url.protocol); // Logs "https:"
Specifications
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See also
- The
URLinterface it belongs to.