HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils

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The HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils mixin defines utility methods and properties to work with HTMLAnchorElement and HTMLAreaElement. These utilities allow to deal with common features like URLs.

There are no objects of this type, but several objects such as HTMLAnchorElement and HTMLAreaElement implement it.

Properties

Note: This interface doesn't inherit any property.

HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.href: This a stringifier property that returns a USVString containing the whole URL, and allows the href to be updated.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.protocol: This is a USVString containing the protocol scheme of the URL, including the final ':'.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.host: This is a USVString containing the host, that is the hostname, and then, if the port of the URL is not empty (which can happen because it was not specified or because it was specified to be the default port of the URL's scheme), a ':', and the port of the URL.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.hostname: This is a USVString containing the domain of the URL.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.port: This is a USVString containing the port number of the URL.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.pathname: This is a USVString containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.search: This is a USVString containing a '?' followed by the parameters of the URL.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.hash: This is a USVString containing a '#' followed by the fragment identifier of the URL.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.username: This is a USVString containing the username specified before the domain name.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.password: This is a USVString containing the password specified before the domain name.
HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.origin Read only: This returns a USVString containing the origin of the URL (that is its scheme, its domain and its port).

Methods

Note: This interface doesn't inherit any method.

HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.toString(): This returns a USVString containing the whole URL. It is a synonym for HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.href, though it can't be used to modify the value.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, the members of this interface were moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes This mixin was called `URLUtils` before Firefox 45, and was also implemented to other by other interfaces, like `Location`. From Firefox 45, the other interfaces implement their own version of the properties and methods they need. Notes Firefox was a bug whereby single contained in URLs are escaped when accessed via URL APIs (bug 1386683). This has been as of Firefox 57.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, the members of this interface were moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, the members of this interface were moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, the members of this interface were moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes This mixin was called `URLUtils` before Firefox 45, and was also implemented to other by other interfaces, like `Location`. From Firefox 45, the other interfaces implement their own version of the properties and methods they need. Notes Firefox was a bug whereby single contained in URLs are escaped when accessed via URL APIs (bug 1386683). This has been as of Firefox 57.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, the members of this interface were moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, the members of this interface were moved to URL
`hash`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Also, from Firefox 29 to Firefox 40, the returned value was incorrectly percent-decoded.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Also, from Firefox 29 to Firefox 40, the returned value was incorrectly percent-decoded.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`host`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE Full support 5 Notes Full support 5 Notes Notes In Internet Explorer 9, the host of an `<a>` always include the port (e.g. `developer.mozilla.org:443`), even if there is no explicit port in the `href` attribute value.	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`hostname`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`href`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`origin`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 17	Firefox Full support 26 Notes Full support 26 Notes Notes From Firefox 26 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Notes Before Firefox 49, results for URL using the `blob` scheme incorrectly returned `null`.	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 26 Notes Full support 26 Notes Notes From Firefox 26 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Notes Before Firefox 49, results for URL using the `blob` scheme incorrectly returned `null`.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`password`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 26 Notes Full support 26 Notes Notes From Firefox 26 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 26 Notes Full support 26 Notes Notes From Firefox 26 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`pathname`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Notes Before Firefox 53, the `pathname` and `search` `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of `http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false`, `pathname` would return `'/x?a=true&b=false'` and `search` would return '', rather than `'/x'` and `'?a=true&b=false'` respectively. This has now been fixed.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Notes Before Firefox 53, the `pathname` and `search` `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of `http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false`, `pathname` would return `'/x?a=true&b=false'` and `search` would return '', rather than `'/x'` and `'?a=true&b=false'` respectively. This has now been fixed.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`port`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`protocol`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`search`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Notes Before Firefox 53, the `pathname` and `search` `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of `http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false`, `pathname` would return `'/x?a=true&b=false'` and `search` would return '', rather than `'/x'` and `'?a=true&b=false'` respectively. This has now been fixed.	IE Full support 5	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface. Notes Before Firefox 53, the `pathname` and `search` `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of `http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false`, `pathname` would return `'/x?a=true&b=false'` and `search` would return '', rather than `'/x'` and `'?a=true&b=false'` respectively. This has now been fixed.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL
`toString`	Chrome Full support 52	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 52	Chrome Android Full support 52	Firefox Android Full support 22 Notes Full support 22 Notes Notes From Firefox 22 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0
`username`	Chrome Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 26 Notes Full support 26 Notes Notes From Firefox 26 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Chrome Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Chrome 52, this property was moved to URL	Firefox Android Full support 26 Notes Full support 26 Notes Notes From Firefox 26 to Firefox 44, this property was on the `URLUtils` mixin. It has been moved either on the `HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils` mixin, or directly on the interface.	Opera Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Opera 39, this property was moved to URL	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes Notes Full support Yes Notes Notes Starting in Samsung Internet 6.0, this property was moved to URL

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