Location: origin property
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The origin read-only property of the Location interface is a string containing the Unicode serialization of the origin of the represented URL.
The exact structure varies depending on the type of URL:
- For URL using the
http:orhttps:schemes, the scheme followed by//, followed by the domain, followed by:, followed by the port (the default port,80and443respectively, if explicitly specified). - For URL using
file:scheme, the value is browser dependent. - For URL using the
blob:scheme, the origin of the URL followingblob:. For example,blob:https://mozilla.orgwill havehttps://mozilla.org.
Value
A string.
Examples
js
console.log(window.location.origin); // On this page returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org'
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-location-origin-dev |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
Window.origin- origin glossary term