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HTMLAreaElement: origin property

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The origin read-only property of the HTMLAreaElement interface returns a string containing the Unicode serialization of the origin of the <area> element's href.

The exact structure varies depending on the type of URL:

  • For URLs using the ftp:, http:, https:, ws:, and wss: schemes, the protocol followed by //, followed by the host. Same as host, the port is only included if it's not the default for the protocol.
  • For URLs using file: scheme, the value is browser dependent.
  • For URLs using the blob: scheme, the origin of the URL following blob:, but only if that URL uses the http:, https:, or file: scheme. For example, blob:https://mozilla.org will have https://mozilla.org.

For all other cases, the string "null" is returned.

See URL.origin for more information.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
// An <area id="myArea" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.origin; // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org'

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-hyperlink-origin-dev

Browser compatibility

See also

  • The HTMLAreaElement interface it belongs to.

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