window.location.hostname

Summary

The hostname property contains the hostname the current document was served from, excluding protocol, port, and other information.

Property of apis/locationapis/location

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = window.location.hostname;

Return Value

Returns an object of type StringString

The hostname the current document was served from.

For example, http://example.org/ would return the hostname example.org.

Examples

The following example assumes your document has a div element with id 'hostDiv’, like this.

// Get the hostname from window.location
var hostnm = window.location.hostname;

// Get a div element with id 'hostDiv'
var container = document.getElementById('hostDiv');

// Fill in the div element with the hostname
container.innerHTML = hostnm;

Related specifications

Window Object 1.0

W3C Working Draft